Tortilla Flat

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Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)

Lat: 20.2°N, Long: 30.7°E, Diam: 1 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2025 Rükl: 25]

Table of Contents

[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name) Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Images Images]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Maps Maps]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description Description]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Tortilla Flat (Apollo 17 site formation name)-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Apollo_16_Tortilla_Flat-43D1S2.jpg
Apollo 17 Site Traverses Chart The dusting of bright material on the left is part of the landing site feature called [/Light%20Mantle Light Mantle]. The lines indicate the paths followed by the astronauts on their lunar rover. The crater name [/Shorty Shorty] is also an IAU-approved name.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images from air
Apollo images from ground: parts of Magazine C (137), Magazine I (138), and Magazine K (139).

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 43D1) LAC map Geologic map LTO map Topophotomap Site Traverses chart.

Description

This is an IAU-approved name for a [/Landing%20Site%20Name landing site feature] at the [/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 site] in [/Taurus-Littrow%20Valley Taurus-Littrow Valley], crossed by the astronauts on EVA-2.

Description: Wikipedia

Apollo 17

Additional Information

The [/Landing%20Site%20Name Landing Site Name] "Tortilla Flat" is plotted on Topophotomap 43D1/S1 and Site Traverses chart 43D1S2.
  For explanation and meaning of the name Tortilla Flat, or Tortilla Flats, see Nomenclature section below.

Nomenclature

Astronaut-named feature, [/Apollo%2017%20site Apollo 17 site].
  • The citation in [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIVB IAU Transactions XIVB] somewhat vaguely defines this as a "flat region near the [/Light%20Mantle Light Mantle]".
  • Astronaut Harrison Schmitt recalled that "Tortilla Flats honors John Steinbeck and all writers who, in the 1930's and 40's, made us aware of the human side of the nation. With this legacy, today we attempt to equalize individual opportunity within the limits of human differences." (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones).
  • Two craters south of the Tortilla Flat (near the southern part of the Lee-Lincoln Scarp) seem to have been called Candide and Nemo (source: APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report).- DannyCaes DannyCaes May 5, 2014



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