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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 /> | |
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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">- | + | [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">- | + | 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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Revision as of 16:53, 15 April 2018
Contents
South Massif (Apollo 17 site mountain name)
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Lat: 20.0°N, Long: 30.4°E, Diam: 16 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25 |
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
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
Bibliography
APOLLO OVER THE MOON; A VIEW FROM ORBIT, Chapter 3: The Terrae (Part 1), Figure 39.
