White
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White
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Lat: 44.6°S, Long: 158.3°W, Diam: 39 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Upper Imbrian |
left: Clementine .right: LROC . Apollo basin dark floor at top right
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 120C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Central peak composition: GNTA2, AG, AN, GN (Tompkins & Pieters, 1999)
- Concentric Crater (CC) southwest of White W ? See: http://bit.ly/2DTGvFl
Nomenclature
- Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 - January 27, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. White was killed during the Apollo 1 training accident and posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart Medal.
- On the farside map of Hallwag, the name White was erroneously printed at the location of crater Grissom.- DannyCaes Jun 19, 2010
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
-Edward White, Gemini 4:
AMERICA'S 6,000-MILE WALK IN SPACE, pages 440-447 in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC september 1965.
