Palmetto

Palmetto (Apollo 16 site craterlet name)

Lat: 8.9°S, Long: 15.5°E, Diam: 0 km, Depth: km, Rükl 45

Apollo 16 Site Traverses chart

Images

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During the third lunar EVA of APOLLO 16, astronauts John Young and Charles Duke went northward to Station 13 near Shadow Rock, driving their LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle) along the eastern part of Palmetto's rim and also along the small craterlet End, which means: it should be possible to detect one or more westward looking photographs of Palmetto's sunlit western inner slopes. I have to do a search in the LPI's Apollo Image Atlas, and also in Kipp Teague's Apollo galleries, and in Eric M. Jones's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.- DannyCaes Apr 25, 2010
At about 169:00:34 GET in the mission of APOLLO 16, astronauts Young and Duke concluded their third EVA and went south to the LM, once again driving along the eastern part of Palmetto's rim. The series of Hasselblad color photographs AS16-117-18766 to 18772 might show something of the inner slopes of Palmetto (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones).

Maps

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Description

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Palmetto (correct link)

Additional Information

- The Landing Site Name "Palmetto" is plotted on Site Traverses chart 78D2S2.
  - It is perhaps possible to observe Palmetto through very powerful telescopes, or to make digital webcam photographs of it (also through powerful telescopes). Palmetto has the same diameter as its neighbour North Ray Crater to the north, and should be observed during the hours when there's enough shadow on its inner slopes (as seen in the orbital photograph above). The albedo of Palmetto is rather low, and because of this it is not observable during Full Moon. Both North Ray Crater and South Ray Crater on the other hand are very easy observer's targets just before, during, and after Full Moon! - DannyCaes Apr 25, 2010
 
 

Nomenclature

Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
  A small bowl-shaped crater north-northeast of Palmetto was unofficially called Dot (Dotty Duke, the wife of Charles Duke) (see also page 201 in David M. Harland's Exploring the Moon; the Apollo expeditions)(Springer, 1999).
 
 

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Bibliography

David M. Harland: EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions.
  Eric M. Jones: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL (ALSJ).

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