Sharp-Apollo (crater)

Coordinates: 3°01′S 23°26′W / 3.02°S 23.43°W / -3.02; -23.43
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Sharp-Apollo
Coordinates
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

IAU in 1973.[1]

Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module (LM) Intrepid northeast of Sharp-Apollo crater on November 19, 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.

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References

  1. ^
    IAU
    ) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)