This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Earth Moon Surface Views The Moon - Oblique View Of Archimedes Crater |
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Oblique view of Archimedes crater taken by the Apollo 15 metric camera. Archimedes, at left, is 82 km in diameter and centered at 29.7 N, 4 W. The crater floor is filled with smooth mare material and the ejecta blanket is below it. To the right is Autolycus. North is at 11:30. Part of the spacecraft is in the frame at right. (Apollo 15, AS15-1541)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27