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==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Cochise LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Cochise%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Cochise Apollo Images]<br /> - According to Eric M. Jones's ''ALSJ'' (''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal''), Apollo 17's color ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-146-22404 to 22412 (see the LPI's scans of [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?146 Magazine F/ 146]) should show oblique views of crater '''Cochise''', as seen from the LRV, en-route from '''Station 8''' to '''Station 9'''.<br /> Hi-Res scans of AS17-146-22404 to 22412 (source: Eric M. Jones's ''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'' and Kipp Teague's ''Project Apollo Archive'')''':'''<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22404.jpg AS17-146-22404]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22405.jpg AS17-146-22405]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22406.jpg AS17-146-22406]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22407.jpg AS17-146-22407]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22408.jpg AS17-146-22408]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22409.jpg AS17-146-22409]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22410.jpg AS17-146-22410]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22411.jpg AS17-146-22411]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22412.jpg AS17-146-22412]<br /> Additional research: Danny Caes<br /> - ''ALSJ'' contributor Bob Fry noticed the location of Apollo 17's distant LM ''Challenger'', [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/a17det22387.jpg as seen from Station 8] near the '''Sculptured Hills''', looking over crater '''Cochise'''.<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Cochise LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Cochise%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Cochise Apollo Images]<br /> - According to Eric M. Jones's ''ALSJ'' (''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal''), Apollo 17's color ''Hasselblad'' frames AS17-146-22404 to 22412 (see the LPI's scans of [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?146 Magazine F/ 146]) should show oblique views of crater '''Cochise''', as seen from the LRV, en-route from '''Station 8''' to '''Station 9'''.<br /> Hi-Res scans of AS17-146-22404 to 22412 (source: Eric M. Jones's ''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'' and Kipp Teague's ''Project Apollo Archive'')''':'''<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22404.jpg AS17-146-22404]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22405.jpg AS17-146-22405]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22406.jpg AS17-146-22406]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22407.jpg AS17-146-22407]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22408.jpg AS17-146-22408]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22409.jpg AS17-146-22409]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22410.jpg AS17-146-22410]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22411.jpg AS17-146-22411]<br /> [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-146-22412.jpg AS17-146-22412]<br /> Additional research: Danny Caes<br /> - ''ALSJ'' contributor Bob Fry noticed the location of Apollo 17's distant LM ''Challenger'', [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/a17det22387.jpg as seen from Station 8] near the '''Sculptured Hills''', looking over crater '''Cochise'''.<br /> <br /> | ||
==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([http://the-moon. | + | ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 43D1)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac43/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I799/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto43d1_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1259 IAU page]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | The [http://the-moon. | + | The [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Landing%20Site%20Name Landing Site Name] "Cochise" is plotted on [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/topophoto/43D1S1/ Topophotomap 43D1/S1] and [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LPST/43d1s2/ Site Traverses chart 43D1S2].<br /> |
* '''Cochise''' (crater) - "Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches, Cochise, a humanist in his own right, is a representative of the first race of explorers of the Americas. The Indian people, although victims of the antipathy still felt between different races, nonetheless were among the foremost explorers of man's natural environmental and spiritual frontiers." Cernan and Schmitt made a brief stop at the rim of Cochise during the third EVA (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones). | * '''Cochise''' (crater) - "Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches, Cochise, a humanist in his own right, is a representative of the first race of explorers of the Americas. The Indian people, although victims of the antipathy still felt between different races, nonetheless were among the foremost explorers of man's natural environmental and spiritual frontiers." Cernan and Schmitt made a brief stop at the rim of Cochise during the third EVA (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones). | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * Astronaut-named feature, [http://the-moon. | + | * Astronaut-named feature, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 site], approved in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Transactions%20XVIB IAU Transactions XVIB] (1976). |
* The name honors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochise Cochise] a famous American Indian Apache chief. According to [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.site.html Harrison Schmitt], the astronauts regarded him as "a representative of the first race of explorers of the Americas." | * The name honors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochise Cochise] a famous American Indian Apache chief. According to [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.site.html Harrison Schmitt], the astronauts regarded him as "a representative of the first race of explorers of the Americas." | ||
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David M. Harland''':''' ''EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions''.<br /> Eric M. Jones''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'' (''ALSJ'').<br /> | David M. Harland''':''' ''EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions''.<br /> Eric M. Jones''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'' (''ALSJ'').<br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:45, 16 April 2018
Contents
Cochise (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)
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Lat: 20.2°N, Long: 30.8°E, Diam: 1 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25 |
Apollo 17 Site Traverses Chart
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- According to Eric M. Jones's ALSJ (Apollo Lunar Surface Journal), Apollo 17's color Hasselblad frames AS17-146-22404 to 22412 (see the LPI's scans of Magazine F/ 146) should show oblique views of crater Cochise, as seen from the LRV, en-route from Station 8 to Station 9.
Hi-Res scans of AS17-146-22404 to 22412 (source: Eric M. Jones's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal and Kipp Teague's Project Apollo Archive):
AS17-146-22404
AS17-146-22405
AS17-146-22406
AS17-146-22407
AS17-146-22408
AS17-146-22409
AS17-146-22410
AS17-146-22411
AS17-146-22412
Additional research: Danny Caes
- ALSJ contributor Bob Fry noticed the location of Apollo 17's distant LM Challenger, as seen from Station 8 near the Sculptured Hills, looking over crater Cochise.
Maps
(LAC zone 43D1) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
IAU page
Description
The Landing Site Name "Cochise" is plotted on Topophotomap 43D1/S1 and Site Traverses chart 43D1S2.
- Cochise (crater) - "Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches, Cochise, a humanist in his own right, is a representative of the first race of explorers of the Americas. The Indian people, although victims of the antipathy still felt between different races, nonetheless were among the foremost explorers of man's natural environmental and spiritual frontiers." Cernan and Schmitt made a brief stop at the rim of Cochise during the third EVA (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones).
Description: Wikipedia
Cochise (correct link)
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site, approved in IAU Transactions XVIB (1976).
- The name honors Cochise a famous American Indian Apache chief. According to Harrison Schmitt, the astronauts regarded him as "a representative of the first race of explorers of the Americas."
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
David M. Harland: EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions.
Eric M. Jones: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL (ALSJ).
