Littrow is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon's near side, on the east edge of Mare Serenitatis. Its diameter is...
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Johann Littrow, also called the Weir Azimuth diagram Littrow (crater), a lunar crater named for astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow Taurus–Littrow, a valley...
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pushing rock outward and upward. Taurus–Littrow is located in the Taurus mountain range and south of Littrow crater, features from which the valley received...
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may be observing Earth. However, Von Littrow's connection with this scheme may be apocryphal. The crater Littrow on the Moon is named in his honor. He...
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the northwest lies the worn Littrow crater. Just to the northeast of the crater is the dome-like Mons Maraldi rise. The crater is named after two Italian-born...
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(H2) April 1970, Fra Mauro highlands Apollo 14 (H3) Littrow crater Apollo 15 (H4) Censorinus crater The last five missions were J-class missions using...
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south-southeast is the crater Fabbroni, and to the northeast is Littrow. North of Ching-Te is the Rimae Littrow rille system as well as the crater Clerke. Between...
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Serenitatis in the midst of a rille system named the Rimae Littrow after the crater Littrow to the east. It is roughly circular and cup-shaped, with a...
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final possible sites for Apollo 17, together with Gassendi crater and the Taurus-Littrow valley, but it was considered possibly "contaminated" with younger...
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of the Apollo 13 mission, the plan was to have Apollo 14 land near Littrow crater, in Mare Serenitatis, where there are features that were thought to...
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Taurus–Littrow valley, completed three moonwalks, took lunar samples and deployed scientific instruments. Orange soil was discovered at Shorty crater; it...
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Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1. LTO-43D1 Littrow — L&PI topographic map Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brewster (crater)....
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Aldrovandi at center, Littrow crater at the right, and the landing site of Apollo 17 in the lower right corner in the Taurus–Littrow valley. In the center...
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larger Ching-Te, and west of the Taurus-Littrow valley where Apollo 17 landed in 1972. The name of the crater was approved by the IAU in 1976. Stella...
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Shorty is a feature on Earth's Moon, an impact crater in the Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on...
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vetoed the idea as too risky, and Apollo 17 instead landed in the Taurus–Littrow valley on December 11, 1972. Lunar Orbiter 1 image Apollo 8 image Apollo...
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Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa Edgar Mitchell Apollo 15 H November 1970 Littrow crater David Scott Alfred Worden James Irwin Apollo 15 26 July 1971 Hadley...
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Anděl (crater) Bečvář (crater) Biela (crater) C. Mayer (crater) Freud (crater) Hagecius (crater) Heinrich (crater) Heyrovsky (crater) Littrow (crater) Oppolzer...
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Taurus-Littrow valley for the Apollo 17 mission. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint...
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the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description...
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Emory is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed north of it in 1972, on the...
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Cochise is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed southwest of it in 1972,...
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Lara is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17...
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Bowen-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and...
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Thiebaud. Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt named a crater explored on the Moon in the Taurus-Littrow valley as "Shorty", after the character in the book...
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mission, in the Taurus–Littrow valley. The name of the crater was approved by the IAU in 1976, along with the nearby craters Isis, Robert, Osiris, and...
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Mons Vitruvius (redirect from Isis (Lunar crater))
architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. The Apollo 17 mission landed in the Taurus–Littrow valley to the north of this mountain. List of mountains on the Moon "Mons...
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the landing site of the Apollo 17 mission, in the Taurus–Littrow valley. The name of the crater was approved by the IAU in 1976. It does not refer to a...
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Sherlock is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drove their rover to the north...
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Nansen-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley, at the base of the South Massif. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt...
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