Little West

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Little West (Apollo 11 site craterlet name)

Lat: 0.67°N, Long: 23.48°E, Diam: 0.04 km, Height: km

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- JohnMoore2

Images

While on the moon in July 1969, CDR Neil Armstrong of APOLLO 11 made several Hasselblad photographs of Little West.
See:
AS11-40-5954 Note the dark boulder in the distance, just below the horizon. It's interesting to try to get the pinpoint location of that boulder on the High-Resolution NAC frames from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (see the online LROC Act-React Quick Map). Imagine the location of the landing site of LM Eagle nearby that boulder... the excursion of both CDR Neil Armstrong and LMP Edwin Aldrin could have been a lot more interesting! Direct confrontation with one of the large lunar boulders! (something which happened during the missions of APOLLO 14, APOLLO 16, and APOLLO 17).
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Maps

LAC zone


Description


Description: Wikipedia


Additional Information

  • Crater Little West was officially named by the IAU on 26 July 2017


Nomenclature


LPOD Articles


LROC Articles


Bibliography

David M. Harland: EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions.