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Rille is used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the Lunar surface that resemble Channels . Typically a rille can be up to several Kilometer s wide and hundreds of kilometers in length. The term was derived from the German word for ''furrow'' or ''groove'', and was most likely introduced by the Astronomer Johann Schroeter in his ''Selenographische Fragmente''. The latin terms ''rima'' or ''rimae'' are also (more accurately) used for naming a rille or rilles. , from Apollo 16 . '' NASA photo credit.'']] There are three types of rille found on the lunar surface:
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