Vallis Schrödinger (
Latin
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for "Schrödinger Valley") is a long, nearly linear valley that lies on the
far side
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of the
Moon
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. It is oriented radially to the huge
Schrödinger basin and most likely was formed during the original impact that created Schrödinger.
The valley is shaped like a long groove in the lunar surface. It begins at the outer
rampart
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* Rampart (fortification), a defensive wall or bank around a castle, fort or settlement
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of ejecta surrounding Schrödinger and continues to the north-northwest until it crosses the rim of the crater
Moulton
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;In England
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**Moulton Windmill
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*Moulton, Northamptonshire
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. About mid-way along its length it crosses the crater
Sikorsky, and is overlaid in turn by the small satellite crater Sikorsky Q.
The
selenographic coordinates
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of this feature are , and it lies within a diameter of 310 km. It varies in width from 8–10 km. The valley was named after the crater Schrödinger, which itself is named for
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (, ; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as or , was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist with Irish citizenship who developed a number of fundamental results in quantum theory ...
.
Schrödinger, Vallis
Erwin Schrödinger
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