Sharp-Apollo (crater)

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Not to be confused with Sharp (crater).
Sharp-Apollo
Sharp-Apollo crater M114104917RC.jpg
LRO Narrow Angle Camera image. Astronaut footprints appear as a faint line to the right of the crater.
Coordinates3°01′S 23°26′W / 3.02°S 23.43°W / -3.02; -23.43Coordinates: 3°01′S 23°26′W / 3.02°S 23.43°W / -3.02; -23.43
Diameter10 m[1]
EponymAstronaut-named feature

Sharp-Apollo crater is a small crater in Mare Cognitum on the Moon. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.[1]

The Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module (LM) Intrepid northeast of Sharp-Apollo crater on November 24, 1969. The astronauts simply called it Sharp during the mission. To the east of Sharp is the larger Bench crater. More distant and to the northeast are Head and Surveyor craters.

Sharp-Apollo crater from the surface, looking west.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sharp-Apollo, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
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