Last
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Last (Apollo 15 site craterlet name)
| Lat: 26.1°N, Long: 3.7°E, Diam: 0 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 22 |
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- Because Last's location is very near Apollo 15's LM Falcon, it (this depression) is visible on the south-southeast and south to south-southwest looking SEVA (Stand-Up EVA) Hasselblad photographs made by CDR David Scott. All the SEVA frames (B&W, and color) were made while the morning sun was still very low in the sky, with the surrounding lunar surface full of shadowed interiors (read: shadowed eastern inner slopes) of small and large craterlets.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Dec 23, 2010
- South-southwest looking B&W Hasselblad AS15-85-11370 and color Hasselblad AS15-87-11747 show the shadowed eastern inner slopes of Last (the large subdued crater), with Mount Hadley Delta near the frame's right margin, and Silver Spur behind it (in the distance).
- South looking B&W Hasselbad AS15-85-11371 and color Hasselblad AS15-87-11748 show the central parts of Last.
- South-southwest looking B&W Hasselblad AS15-85-11372 and color Hasselblad AS15-87-11749 show the sunlit western inner slopes of Last.
- Last is also noticeable on B&W Hasselblads AS15-92-12430 (between LM Falcon and the frame's right margin) and AS15-92-12431 (between the frame's central cross and upper margin), and on AS15-82-11057 (also between LM Falcon and the frame's right margin). It should be mentioned that some good 3D-STEREO images could be created when the LEVA-PAN photographs of A15's Hasselblad magazines 82-SS and 92-OO are combined. The frames on which the distant LM Falcon and the inner slopes of Last are captured show strong depth-effect between the LM and the background made by the Swann range (the Apennine mountains).
In these combined stereo-frames, crater Last's interior shows really depression-like!
- Research Apollo 15 photography: Danny Caes
Maps
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Description
Description: Wikipedia
Last (correct link)
Additional Information
The Landing Site Name "Last" is plotted on Topophotomap 41B4/S1 .
Nomenclature
- Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 15 site.
- A small sharp craterlet on the eastern inner slopes of Last crater was called East Wall Crater ; see detailed close up of panoramic ITEK camera frame AS15-P-9809. Source: Eric M. Jones's Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.- DannyCaes DannyCaes Dec 25, 2010
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
Kenneth F. Weaver: Apollo 15 explores the mountains of the moon (National Geographic, February 1972).
David M. Harland: EXPLORING THE MOON; The Apollo Expeditions.
Eric M. Jones: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL (ALSJ).
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