Camelot Crater and Apollo 17 Station 5

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

landing

Coordinates

20.19° N · 30.73° E

Diameter

0.61 km

IAU approval

1973/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-43 · Macrobius

Geological Chronicle

Camelot is a 0.61-kilometer crater in the Taurus-Littrow valley, located at latitude 20.1947 N, longitude 30.7324 E. The feature lies due 700 meters west of the Apollo 17 landing site, with the smaller Horatio crater to the southwest, Victory to the northwest, and Powell and Trident to the southeast.

Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited the crater in 1972 during EVA 2 of the Apollo 17 mission. They established Geology Station 5 along the south rim of Camelot, where lunar rock samples were collected.

The crater was named by the astronauts after the castle Camelot of Arthurian legend

Chronology & Exploration

1. 1972 Apollo 17 Exploration

   Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visit Camelot during EVA 2 of Apollo 17, with Geology Station 5 located on its south rim.

Scientific Sources & References

• USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Official USGS/IAU feature record.
• Wikipedia: Camelot (crater) — Source text from Wikipedia revision 1321178952.

Name Origin

Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.