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Moon : Aristarchus crater - Apollo 15

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-lun03-15011

Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 19 cm

An oblique view of Schroeter's Valley and the crater Aristarchus, as photographed by the Apollo 15 Command and Service Module (CSM) in lunar orbit. The large, bright-appearing crater to the left of the head of meandering Schroeter's Valley is Aristarchus, the center of which is located at 48 degrees west longitude and 214 degrees north latitude. The crater Aristarchus approximately 35 kilometers (about 21.75 statute miles) in diameter. The head of Schroeter's Valley, a sinuous rille in the Aristarchus Plateau in the Ocean of Storms, is called Cobra Head. Herodotus the crater just above and to the right of Cobra Head in upper center.

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1971 - APOLLO - APOLLO 15 - ARISTARCHUS - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - HERODOTUS - IMPACT CRATER - LIMB - MOON - SATELLITE - VALLIS SCHROTER -