Triplet

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Triplet (Apollo 14 site craterlet-cluster name) (North Crater, Center Crater, South-Apollo Crater)

Lat: 3.7°S, Long: 17.5°W, Diam: 0 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 42

external image Apollo_14_Triplet_crater.JPG

triplet-small.jpg

Left: Apollo 14 Site Traverses Chart
Right: Deconvolved and enhanced image by NASA/GSFC/ASU/GoneToPlaidHomepage

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Description


Wikipedia

(no Wikipedia page for Apollo 14's Triplet).

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
  • It is unclear if the IAU adopted individual names for the three components of Triplet crater. In the explanation of the name in IAU Transactions XVIB it appears they should be refered to as "North Triplet", "Center Triplet" and "South Triplet".
  • Also known as North Crater, Center Crater, and South-Apollo Crater (because there's already a crater officially known as South on a totally different part of the moon).


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Bibliography

Alice J. Hall: APOLLO 14, the climb up Cone crater (National Geographic, July 1971).
David M. Harland: EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions.
Eric M. Jones: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL (ALSJ).

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