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| − | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name) Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972 The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-APOD Articles APOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:Apollo_17_Shorty_crater.JPG|external image Apollo_17_Shorty_crater.JPG]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2271 Apollo 17 Site Traverses Chart]'' The region known as [ | + | <div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name) Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972 The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-APOD Articles APOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div>[[Image:Apollo_17_Shorty_crater.JPG|external image Apollo_17_Shorty_crater.JPG]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2271 Apollo 17 Site Traverses Chart]'' The region known as [[Tortilla%20Flat|Tortilla Flat]] lies just east and south of this crater.<br /> <br /> |
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Shorty LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Shorty%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Shorty Apollo Images]<br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Shorty LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Shorty%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Shorty Apollo Images]<br /> | ||
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==Maps== | ==Maps== | ||
| − | ''([ | + | ''([[LAC%20zone|LAC zone]] 43D1)'' [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/lto43d1_2/ LTO map]<br /> <br /> |
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_(crater) Shorty (crater)]<br /> <br /> | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_(crater) Shorty (crater)]<br /> <br /> | ||
==Additional Information== | ==Additional Information== | ||
| − | The [ | + | The [[Landing%20Site%20Name|Landing Site Name]] "Shorty" 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 /> |
* '''Shorty''' (crater) - "Recognizing Richard Brautigan's collection of short stories, Trout Fishing in America, and other books which bring the literature of youth and life from the foundations of Salinger into the present." Cernan and Schmitt visited Shorty during EVA-2 and, on the southern rim, found a deposit of orange soil. (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones). Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan Richard Brautigan]. | * '''Shorty''' (crater) - "Recognizing Richard Brautigan's collection of short stories, Trout Fishing in America, and other books which bring the literature of youth and life from the foundations of Salinger into the present." Cernan and Schmitt visited Shorty during EVA-2 and, on the southern rim, found a deposit of orange soil. (source''':''' ''APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL'', Eric M. Jones). Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan Richard Brautigan]. | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
| − | * Astronaut-named feature, [ | + | * Astronaut-named feature, [[Apollo%2017%20site|Apollo 17 site]]. |
* A small crater slightly west-southwest of '''Shorty''' seems to have been known as '''''Walden'''''. Three craters north-northwest of '''Shorty''' seem to have been called '''''Agassiz''''', '''''Rogers''''', and '''''Tasaday'''''. Further up northward (near the base of the '''North Massif''') is a crater which seems to have been known as '''''Arms''''' (source: ''APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report'').<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>May 4, 2014</small></span> | * A small crater slightly west-southwest of '''Shorty''' seems to have been known as '''''Walden'''''. Three craters north-northwest of '''Shorty''' seem to have been called '''''Agassiz''''', '''''Rogers''''', and '''''Tasaday'''''. Further up northward (near the base of the '''North Massif''') is a crater which seems to have been known as '''''Arms''''' (source: ''APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report'').<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>May 4, 2014</small></span> | ||
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Revision as of 16:17, 15 April 2018
Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)
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Lat: 20.2°N, Long: 30.6°E, Diam: 0 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 25 |
Table of Contents
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name) Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Images Images]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972 The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Maps Maps]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Description Description]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-APOD Articles APOD Articles]
[#Shorty (Apollo 17 site craterlet name)-Bibliography Bibliography]
Apollo 17 Site Traverses Chart The region known as Tortilla Flat lies just east and south of this crater.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
- Mike Constantine's assembled panorama of Shorty crater in front of the North Massif (right), Jack Schmitt and Lunar Roving Vehicle at Station 4's rocky outcrop (central), and the South Massif at left.
The discovery of orange colored soil on the moon, Apollo 17, december 1972
- AS17-137-20985 is one of the 7 close-ups of the remarkable orange colored soil which was discovered at Station 4 (near Shorty). The rectangular object at left is the Gnomon with the three calibration colors Blue-Red-Green.
- AS17-137-20990 is the most frequently reproduced photograph of the orange soil at Station 4. - DannyCaes DannyCaes Jan 29, 2008
- See also APOD's Strange Orange Soil on the Moon
Maps
(LAC zone 43D1) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
The Landing Site Name "Shorty" is plotted on Topophotomap 43D1/S1 and Site Traverses chart 43D1S2.
- Shorty (crater) - "Recognizing Richard Brautigan's collection of short stories, Trout Fishing in America, and other books which bring the literature of youth and life from the foundations of Salinger into the present." Cernan and Schmitt visited Shorty during EVA-2 and, on the southern rim, found a deposit of orange soil. (source: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL, Eric M. Jones). Wikipedia Richard Brautigan.
Nomenclature
- Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.
- A small crater slightly west-southwest of Shorty seems to have been known as Walden. Three craters north-northwest of Shorty seem to have been called Agassiz, Rogers, and Tasaday. Further up northward (near the base of the North Massif) is a crater which seems to have been known as Arms (source: APOLLO 17 Preliminary Science Report).- DannyCaes DannyCaes May 4, 2014
LROC Articles
APOD Articles
- Strange Orange Soil on the Moon
- Jack Schmitt and the LRV at Station 4 near a rocky outcrop on the rim of Shorty (the spot where Schmitt and Cernan discovered the orange colored soil).
Bibliography
- EXPLORING THE MOON; The Apollo Expeditions, by David M. Harland (Springer, 1999).
- Colored regions on the moon's surface, Part 3 (colored boulders, rocks, and regolith).
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