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St. George (crater)

Coordinates: 25°58′N 3°32′E / 25.96°N 3.54°E / 25.96; 3.54
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St. George
Apollo 15 panoramic camera image
Coordinates25°58′N 3°32′E / 25.96°N 3.54°E / 25.96; 3.54
Diameter2.42 km[1]
EponymAstronaut-named feature
View of St. George (slightly above left of center) facing south from the rim of Hadley Rille (Geology Station 9)

St. George is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin drove their rover onto what was suspected to be its ejecta blanket in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, during EVA 1. They collected samples to the northeast of the crater, at Geology Station 2 of the mission.

St. George crater is located on the west slope of Mons Hadley Delta and approximately 4 km southwest of the Apollo 15 landing point. Bridge crater is to the northwest and Elbow crater is to the northeast.

The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.[1]

St. George is a crater of Upper (Late) Imbrian age.[2]

Station 2

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References

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  1. ^ a b St. George, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
  2. ^ The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 11.2.
  3. ^ Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report, 1972, NASA SP-289, Scientific and Technical Information Office, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, Washington, D.C.