Apollo (crater), the Glossary
Apollo, also called the Apollo basin, is an enormous impact crater located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon.[1]
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Absorption spectroscopy
Absorption spectroscopy is spectroscopy that involves techniques that measure the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, as a function of frequency or wavelength, due to its interaction with a sample.
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Albedo
Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
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Anders (crater)
Anders is a worn lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Anders (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Anderson (crater)
Anderson is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon.
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Apollo (crater)
Apollo, also called the Apollo basin, is an enormous impact crater located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Apollo (crater) are Apollo program and LQ24 quadrangle.
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Apollo 8
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon.
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Apollo program
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.
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Barringer (lunar crater)
Barringer is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southern hemisphere on the Far side of the Moon, named after geologist Daniel Barringer.
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Borman (crater)
Borman is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Borman (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Brown (crater)
Brown is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeast part of the Moon, to the southwest of the prominent ray crater Tycho.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Chaffee (crater)
Chaffee is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Chaffee (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Chang'e 5
Chang'e 5 was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of CNSA, and China's first lunar sample-return mission.
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Chang'e 6
Chang'e 6 was the sixth robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the second CNSA lunar sample-return mission. Apollo (crater) and Chang'e 6 are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Clark (lunar crater)
Clark is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere of the Moon's far side.
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David M. Brown
David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut.
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Dryden (crater)
Dryden is a lunar impact crater that is located on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Dryden (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Far side of the Moon
The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, opposite to the near side, because of synchronous rotation in the Moon's orbit.
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Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman.
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GRAIL
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) was an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program which used high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure.
Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon (אילן רמון;, born Ilan Wolfferman (אילן וולפרמן); June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut.
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Impact crater
An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object.
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Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.
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Jarvis (crater)
Jarvis is a crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Jarvis (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. (born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer.
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Jonathan's Space Report
Jonathan's Space Report (JSR) is a newsletter about the Space Age hosted at Jonathan's Space Page.
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Kalpana Chawla
Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space.
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Kleymenov (crater)
Kleymenov is a crater on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Kleymenov (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Laurel Clark
Laurel Blair Clark (née Salton; March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist.
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Lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.
Lovell (crater)
Lovell is a small lunar impact crater that lies across the eastern edge of the walled plain Apollo, on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Lovell (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Lunar mare
The lunar maria (mare) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by lava flowing into ancient impact basins.
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Lunar Orbiter 5
Lunar Orbiter 5, the last of the "Lunar Orbiter series", was designed to take additional Apollo and Surveyor landing site photography and to take broad survey images of unphotographed parts of the Moon's far side.
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McAuliffe (crater)
McAuliffe is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side. Apollo (crater) and McAuliffe (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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McNair (crater)
McNair is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and McNair (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Michael P. Anderson
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut.
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Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
Onizuka (crater)
Onizuka is a small lunar impact crater that lies within the inner ring of the walled plain Apollo. Apollo (crater) and Onizuka (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Oppenheimer (crater)
Oppenheimer is a large lunar impact crater that lies on the Far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Oppenheimer (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Ray system
In planetary geology, a ray system comprises radial streaks of fine ejecta thrown out during the formation of an impact crater, looking somewhat like many thin spokes coming from the hub of a wheel.
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Resnik (crater)
Resnik is a small lunar impact crater that is located within the interior of the huge walled plain Apollo, on the Moon's far side. Apollo (crater) and Resnik (crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Rick Husband
Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot.
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Selenographic coordinate system
The selenographic coordinate system is used to refer to locations on the surface of Earth's moon.
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Smith (lunar crater)
Smith is a lunar impact crater that is located within the huge walled plain Apollo, on the far side of the Moon. Apollo (crater) and Smith (lunar crater) are LQ24 quadrangle.
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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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SpaceNews
SpaceNews is a print and digital publication that covers business and political news in the space and satellite industry.
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Sphere
A sphere (from Greek) is a geometrical object that is a three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle.
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Sterling Publishing
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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William Anders
William Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) major general, electrical engineer, nuclear engineer, NASA astronaut, and businessman.
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William C. McCool
William Cameron "Willie" McCool (born William Cameron Graham September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who was the pilot of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' mission STS-107.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(crater)
Also known as Apollo crater, Chawla (crater), D. Brown, D. Brown (crater), Husband (crater), L. Clark (crater), M. Anderson (crater), McCool (crater), Ramon (crater).
, United States Geological Survey, William Anders, William C. McCool.