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166:. Cambridge University Press. p. 51.
255:. Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from
242:. Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from
229:. Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from
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219:image showing most of Rupes Altai
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238:Wood, Chuck (October 22, 2006).
221:(Lunar and Planetary Institute)
189:The moon and how to observe it
162:Westfall, John Edward (2000).
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164:Atlas of the lunar terminator
191:. Birkhäuser. p. 118.
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268:. Lunar Photo of the Day.
20:Rupes Altai in the middle
227:"A Fault of Consequence"
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304:Escarpments on the Moon
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240:"Ring Around a Piddle"
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118:terminator
91:Theophilus
37:escarpment
114:full moon
99:Catharina
110:new moon
103:Nectaris
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