Doublet

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Doublet (Apollo 14 site craterlet name)

Lat: 3.7°S, Long: 17.5°W, Diam: 0.4 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 42

external image Apollo_14_Doublet_craters.JPG

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Left: Apollo 14 Site Traverses Chart LR3 and ALSEP are the locations of the laser retroreflector and surface experiment package.
Right: Deconvolved and enhanced image by NASA/GSFC/ASU/GoneToPlaidHomepage

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Description


Wikipedia

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

Additional Information


Nomenclature

Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site.
Should not be confused with Double crater slightly southwest of LM Eagles landing site at the southern part of Mare Tranquillitatis ('Statio Tranquillitatis: mankind's very first manned lunar landing, the mission of Apollo 11, july 1969).

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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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