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[[Image:Normal_Apollo_17_South_Massif_AS17-M-0794_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Apollo_17_South_Massif_AS17-M-0794_LTVT.JPG]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2270 AS17-M-0794]''<br /> <br />  
<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name) South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:normal_Apollo_17_South_Massif_AS17-M-0794_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Apollo_17_South_Massif_AS17-M-0794_LTVT.JPG]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2270 AS17-M-0794]''<br /> <br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=South%20Massif LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?South%20Massif%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=South%20Massif Apollo Images]<br />  Plus four "forgotten" Hasselblads of the '''South Massif''', photographed one orbit before landing; AS17-147-22464, 22465, 22466, and 22467. The last one of those four [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-147-22467.jpg AS17-147-22467] was included on pages 292-293 of the article ''EXPLORING TAURUS-LITTROW'' by Harrison H. Schmitt (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, september 1973). Note the distant CSM ''America'' in front of '''South Massif''''s summit! Research: <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Dec 17, 2007</small></span><br /> [http://moonpans.co.uk/prints/40_A17schmittrake.htm Mike Constantine's assembled panorama] of Apollo 17's Station 1 shows the '''South Massif''' at left (behind the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=South%20Massif LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?South%20Massif%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=South%20Massif Apollo Images]<br />  Plus four "forgotten" Hasselblads of the '''South Massif''', photographed one orbit before landing; AS17-147-22464, 22465, 22466, and 22467. The last one of those four [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a17/AS17-147-22467.jpg AS17-147-22467] was included on pages 292-293 of the article ''EXPLORING TAURUS-LITTROW'' by Harrison H. Schmitt (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, september 1973). Note the distant CSM ''America'' in front of '''South Massif''''s summit! Research: <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Dec 17, 2007</small></span><br /> [http://moonpans.co.uk/prints/40_A17schmittrake.htm Mike Constantine's assembled panorama] of Apollo 17's Station 1 shows the '''South Massif''' at left (behind the Lunar Roving Vehicle).<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
==Maps==
 
''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 43D4)'' [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/lto43d4_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
 
''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 43D4)'' [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/lto43d4_1/ LTO map]<br /> <br />  
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  The [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Landing%20Site%20Name Landing Site Name] "South Massif" 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 /> <br />  
 
  The [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Landing%20Site%20Name Landing Site Name] "South Massif" 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 /> <br />  
 
==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
  Astronaut-named feature, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 site].<br />  As seen from Apollo 17's site at the floor of the '''Taurus-Littrow valley''' (from the actual landing site of LM ''Challenger''), the location of the '''South Massif''' is west-southwest, and not south. The mountain mass which is located south (or rather south-southeast) is [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mons%20Vitruvius Mons Vitruvius].<span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes [[Image:DannyCaes-lg.jpg|16px|DannyCaes]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/DannyCaes DannyCaes] <small>Feb 10, 2013</small></span><br /> <br />  
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  Astronaut-named feature, [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 site].<br />  As seen from Apollo 17's site at the floor of the '''Taurus-Littrow valley''' (from the actual landing site of LM ''Challenger''), the location of the '''South Massif''' is west-southwest, and not south. The mountain mass which is located south (or rather south-southeast) is [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mons%20Vitruvius Mons Vitruvius].<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Feb 10, 2013</small></span><br /> <br />  
 
==LPOD Articles==
 
==LPOD Articles==
 
[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/October_21,_2007 A New Fault?]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/October_21,_2007 A New Fault?]<br /> <br />  
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  APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch3.1.htm Part 1]), Figure 39.<br /> <br />
 
  APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae ([http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/ch3.1.htm Part 1]), Figure 39.<br /> <br />
 
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Latest revision as of 03:17, 16 April 2018

South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)

Lat: 20.0°N, Long: 30.4°E, Diam: 16 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25

external image normal_Apollo_17_South_Massif_AS17-M-0794_LTVT.JPG
AS17-M-0794

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Plus four "forgotten" Hasselblads of the South Massif, photographed one orbit before landing; AS17-147-22464, 22465, 22466, and 22467. The last one of those four AS17-147-22467 was included on pages 292-293 of the article EXPLORING TAURUS-LITTROW by Harrison H. Schmitt (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, september 1973). Note the distant CSM America in front of South Massif's summit! Research: - DannyCaes Dec 17, 2007
Mike Constantine's assembled panorama of Apollo 17's Station 1 shows the South Massif at left (behind the Lunar Roving Vehicle).

Maps

(LAC zone 43D4) LAC map Geologic map LTO map

Description


Description: Wikipedia

South Massif

Additional Information

The Landing Site Name "South Massif" is plotted on Topophotomap 43D1/S1 and Site Traverses chart 43D1S2.

Nomenclature

Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
As seen from Apollo 17's site at the floor of the Taurus-Littrow valley (from the actual landing site of LM Challenger), the location of the South Massif is west-southwest, and not south. The mountain mass which is located south (or rather south-southeast) is Mons Vitruvius.- DannyCaes Feb 10, 2013

LPOD Articles

A New Fault?

Bibliography

APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae (Part 1), Figure 39.