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Rima Brayley

feature on the Moon

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ9310442 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rima Brayley is a sinuous rille on the moon, centered on selenographic coordinates 22.30°N 36.35°W / 22.30; -36.35. It crosses from Oceanus Procellarum in the west, passes close to the north rim of Brayley crater, and passes into Mare Imbrium in the east. The name of the feature was approved by the IAU in 1985.

Editorial summary

“Rima Brayley” enters the record as feature on the Moon. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rima, Brayley and feature can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Rima, Brayley and feature.
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“Rima Brayley” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Rima, Brayley and feature provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9310442. Authority coordinates are 22.300, -36.350. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rima Brayley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.