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Lunar Sample 15016, better known as the "Seatbelt Basalt", is a lunar sample discovered and collected on the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 in the Hadley-Apennine region of the Moon.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Apollo 15, Basalt, Cosmic ray, David Scott, Don Wilhelms, Hadley–Apennine, Ilmenite, Johnson Space Center, Lithology, Lunar Roving Vehicle, Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility, Moon rock, National Air and Space Museum, Olivine, Phenocryst, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Radiometric dating, Rhysling (crater), Rubidium–strontium dating, Ulvöspinel, Vesicular texture.

  2. Apollo 15
  3. Basalt
  4. David Scott
  5. Imbrian
  6. Lunar samples

Apollo 15

Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon. Seatbelt basalt and Apollo 15 are David Scott.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays or astroparticles are high-energy particles or clusters of particles (primarily represented by protons or atomic nuclei) that move through space at nearly the speed of light.

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David Scott

David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Seatbelt basalt and David Scott are Apollo 15.

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Don Wilhelms

Don Edward Wilhelms (born July 5, 1930) is a former United States Geological Survey geologist who contributed to geologic mapping of the Earth's moon and to the geologic training of the Apollo astronauts.

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Hadley–Apennine

Hadley–Apennine is a region on the near side of Earth's Moon that served as the landing site for the American Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed landing on the Moon and the first of the "J-missions", in July 1971. Seatbelt basalt and Hadley–Apennine are Apollo 15.

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Ilmenite

Ilmenite is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula.

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Johnson Space Center

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted.

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Lithology

The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy.

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Lunar Roving Vehicle

The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. Seatbelt basalt and Lunar Roving Vehicle are Apollo 15.

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Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility

The Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility (LSLF) is a repository and laboratory facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, opened in 1979 to house geologic samples returned from the Moon by the Apollo program missions to the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Seatbelt basalt and lunar Sample Laboratory Facility are lunar samples.

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Moon rock

Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. Seatbelt basalt and Moon rock are lunar samples.

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National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.

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Olivine

The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.

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Phenocryst

Swiss side of the Mont Blanc massif, has large white phenocrysts of plagioclase (that have trapezoid shapes when cut through). 1 euro coin (diameter 2.3 cm) for scale. A phenocryst is an early forming, relatively large and usually conspicuous crystal distinctly larger than the grains of the rock groundmass of an igneous rock.

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Plagioclase

Plagioclase is a series of tectosilicate (framework silicate) minerals within the feldspar group.

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Pyroxene

The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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Radiometric dating

Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed.

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Rhysling (crater)

Rhysling is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region.

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Rubidium–strontium dating

The rubidium-strontium dating method (Rb-Sr) is a radiometric dating technique, used by scientists to determine the age of rocks and minerals from their content of specific isotopes of rubidium (87Rb) and strontium (87Sr, 86Sr).

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Ulvöspinel

Ulvöspinel or ulvite is an iron titanium oxide mineral with formula: Fe2TiO4 or TiFe2+2O4.

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Vesicular texture

Vesicular texture is a volcanic rock texture characterized by a rock being pitted with many cavities (known as vesicles) at its surface and inside.

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See also

Apollo 15

Basalt

David Scott

Imbrian

Lunar samples

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seatbelt_basalt