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Dorsum Gast

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Apollo 15 image of Dorsum Gast, facing south

Dorsum Gast is a wrinkle ridge at 24°00′N 9°00′E / 24.0°N 9.0°E / 24.0; 9.0 in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon. It is 65 km long and was named after American geochemist and geologist Paul Werner Gast in 1973.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Dorsum Gast". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.