Rima Ariadaeus

[3] Rima Ariadaeus shows no trace of associated volcanism and is thus considered to be an end member of the sequence where only pure faulting is involved i.e. a linear rille.

[4] An Apollo mission photograph of this 300-kilometer-long rille has been used as evidence by the Muslim online community in support of the Islamic account of the Splitting of the Moon.

Astronomer Paul Groot of Radboud University, refutes this claim, pointing out that the rille does not encircle the entire surface of the Moon and arguing that its formation is related to the impact that formed the Tycho crater, which is located to the lower right of the feature in the orientation of the photo.

[6] NASA notes that the rille is similar to geological faults on Earth and states: My recommendation is to not believe everything you read on the internet.

No current scientific evidence reports that the Moon was split into two (or more) parts and then reassembled at any point in the past.

Rima Ariadaeus as photographed from Apollo 10 . The crater to the south of the rille in the left half of the image is Silberschlag . The dark patch at the top right is the floor of the crater Boscovich .
Oblique view also from Apollo 10 , with Ariadaeus crater in lower left and Rima Ariadaeus extending to the horizon.
The structure area (at the bottom right) in selenochromatic format (Si). [ 5 ]