Horatio Crater

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

landing

Coordinates

20.19° N · 30.71° E

Diameter

0.38 km

IAU approval

1973/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-43 · Macrobius

Geological Chronicle

Horatio is a crater in the Taurus–Littrow valley at selenographic coordinates 20.1851° N, 30.7103° E. Measuring 0.38 kilometers in diameter, the feature sits in a landscape of neighboring craters: the larger Camelot crater lies to the northeast, Victory crater to the northwest, and Brontë crater to the southwest.

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle along the south rim of Horatio, but did not stop. Nearby Geology Station 5 is located along the south rim of Camelot crater.

The astronauts named the crater after Horatio Hornblower, a fictional character from the works of author C. S. Forester.

Chronology & Exploration

1. 1972 Apollo 17 Traverse

   Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drive the Lunar Roving Vehicle along the south rim of Horatio during the Apollo 17 mission.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Official feature naming metadata
• Wikipedia: Horatio (crater) — Source text for crater location and Apollo 17 traverse details

Name Origin

Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site.