Hadley Rille

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Hadley Rille is a prominent sinuous lunar rille near the Apennine Mountains on the Moon, famously explored by the Apollo 15 mission.

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Label Occurrences
Hadley Rille canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar rille
sinuous rille
belongsTo nearside of the Moon
exploredBy Apollo 15 NERFINISHED
exploredDuring Apollo 15 EVA 1 NERFINISHED
Apollo 15 EVA 2 NERFINISHED
Apollo 15 EVA 3 NERFINISHED
formedBy volcanic processes
hasAlternativeName Rima Hadley NERFINISHED
hasCoordinateApprox 26.4°N 3.6°E
hasFeature relatively flat floor
steep inner walls
hasGeologicalInterest evidence for lunar volcanic activity
hasLength about 80 km
hasMaximumDepth about 300 m
hasMaximumWidth about 1.5 km
hasMorphology meandering channel-like depression
hasNearbyFeature Apennine Front escarpment NERFINISHED
Hadley C crater NERFINISHED
Mare Imbrium basalt plains NERFINISHED
hasScientificSignificance constraints on lunar mare volcanism
insight into formation of sinuous rilles
isNotableFor being one of the most prominent sinuous rilles on the Moon
in-situ human geological exploration
isTypeLocalityFor field study of lunar sinuous rilles
liesNorthOf Apollo 15 landing site NERFINISHED
liesWestOf Mons Hadley NERFINISHED
locatedIn Mare Imbrium region NERFINISHED
locatedNear Apennine Mountains (Moon) NERFINISHED
Mons Hadley NERFINISHED
Mons Hadley Delta NERFINISHED
Montes Apenninus NERFINISHED
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
mappedBy United States Geological Survey (USGS) NERFINISHED
mappedIn Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report NERFINISHED
observedSince pre-Apollo telescopic observations
partOf Hadley–Apennine landing site region NERFINISHED
sampledBy Apollo 15 astronauts NERFINISHED
studiedUsing Apollo 15 orbital photography
Lunar Orbiter imagery
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery
visitedBy David Scott NERFINISHED
James B. Irwin NERFINISHED

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