Rimae Fresnel [SEP] located on astronomical body
Rimae Fresnel
Rimae Fresnel is a 90km-long arcuate escarpment on the Moon at . Both the escarpment and the nearby Promontorium Fresnel were named after the French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
External links.
- Rimae Fresnel at the Moon Wiki
14 September 1884 with a speech by , Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences.  "" is among the 72 names embossed on the Eiffel Tower (on the south-east side, fourth from the left). In the 19th century, as every lighthouse in France acquired a Fresnel lens, every one acquired a bust of Fresnel, seemingly watching over the coastline that he had made safer. The lunar features "Promontorium Fresnel" and "Rimae Fresnel" were later named after him.
Decline and death.