Henry (Apollo lunar crater): Difference between revisions

| caption = Location of Henry crater in Taurus-LittrowTaurus–Littrow Valleyvalley. South Massif is at lower left, North Massif is at top center, and Sculptured Hills are at upper right. Scale bar is 5 km

'''Henry''' is a feature on Earth's [[Moon]], a crater in [[Taurus-LittrowTaurus–Littrow]] valley, located at the foot of the Sculptured Hills. Astronauts [[Eugene Cernan]] and [[Harrison Schmitt]] landed to the southwest of it in 1972, on the [[Apollo 17]] mission.

The crater's name is currently informal and not recognized by the [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU), although nearly all the other features within the Taurus-LittrowTaurus–Littrow valley that were named by the astronauts are. Possibly part of the reason is that the IAU recognizes the larger lunar crater [[Henry (lunar crater)|Henry]].<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2451 Henry crater], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)</ref> The crater was named by the astronauts after the Portuguese Prince [[Henry the Navigator]].<ref>[https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.site.html The Valley of Taurus-LittrowTaurus–Littrow], Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones</ref>

*[http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17pp-geosynth.pdf Geological Investigation of the Taurus-LittrowTaurus–Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site]