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Halo (crater)

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Crater on the Moon Feature on the moon
Halo
LRO Narrow Angle Camera image
Coordinates3°01′S 23°25′W / 3.02°S 23.42°W / -3.02; -23.42
Diameter10 m
EponymAstronaut-named feature

Halo crater is a small crater in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.

Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module (LM) Intrepid north of Halo crater on November 19, 1969. To the north of Halo is the much larger Surveyor crater, and the landing point is beyond it. To the west of Surveyor is Head crater. To the west of Halo are Bench crater and Sharp crater (now called Sharp-Apollo).

Halo crater from the surface, looking north

External links

References

  1. ^ Halo, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)


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