Camelot crater

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Camelot crater is a lunar impact crater in the Taurus–Littrow valley, best known as one of the exploration sites visited by Apollo 17 astronauts.

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Camelot crater canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
approximateDiameter 0.6 kilometres
2000 feet
600 metres
countryOfOperatorOfVisitingMission United States
epochOfExploration December 1972
exploredDuringEVA Apollo 17 EVA 2
Apollo 17 EVA 3
geologicalContext Taurus–Littrow valley floor
impact ejecta feature
hasCoordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
hasType simple crater
isOnHemisphere near side of the Moon
locatedIn Taurus–Littrow valley
locatedNear Shorty crater
Taurus–Littrow landing site
locatedOn Moon
missionLandingSiteProximity Apollo 17 LM Challenger landing site
namedAfter Camelot (legendary castle of King Arthur)
linked to: Camelot
observedBy Apollo 17 orbital photography
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
partOfExplorationProgram Apollo program
sampledBy Apollo 17 crew
linked to: Apollo 17
scientificInterest sampling of regolith and impact ejecta
surfaceBody lunar surface
usedFor collection of lunar rock and soil samples
geological field investigations
visitedByAstronaut Eugene Cernan
Harrison Schmitt
linked to: Harrison H. Schmitt
visitedByMission Apollo 17

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