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[[File:Apollo 15 LM station 6.jpg|thumb|right|240px|A telephoto view from the slope of Mons Hadley Delta at station 6A facing north shows Dune in the foreground. The [[Apollo Lunar Module|LM]] ''Falcon'' is near the center, and the [[North Complex]] is beyond the LM.]] |
[[File:Apollo 15 LM station 6.jpg|thumb|right|240px|A telephoto view from the slope of [[Mons Hadley Delta]] at station 6A facing north shows Dune in the foreground. The [[Apollo Lunar Module|LM]] ''Falcon'' is near the center, and the [[North Complex]] is beyond the LM.]] |
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'''Dune''' is a feature on Earth's [[Moon]], a crater in the [[Hadley–Apennine]] region. Astronauts [[David Scott]] and [[James Irwin]] visited the south rim of it in 1971, on the [[Apollo 15]] mission, during [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] 2. The south rim of Dune was designated Geology Station 4 of the mission. |
'''Dune''' is a feature on Earth's [[Moon]], a crater in the [[Hadley–Apennine]] region. Astronauts [[David Scott]] and [[James Irwin]] visited the south rim of it in 1971, on the [[Apollo 15]] mission, during [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] 2. The south rim of Dune was designated Geology Station 4 of the mission. |
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[[Image:Dune crater AS15-90-12240-12242-12244-12245.jpg|thumb|left| |
[[Image:Dune crater AS15-90-12240-12242-12244-12245.jpg|thumb|left|600px|Dune crater, facing north, with [[Mons Hadley]] at right. This is part of Pan D-6 in the planimetric map below.]] |
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Dune is located about 1.8 km east of Hadley Rille, less than 1 km south of the smaller [[Earthlight (crater)|Earthlight]] crater, and about 3 km south of the Apollo 15 landing site itself. |
Dune is located about 1.8 km east of Hadley Rille, less than 1 km south of the smaller [[Earthlight (crater)|Earthlight]] crater, and about 3 km south of the Apollo 15 landing site itself. |
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The crater was named by the astronauts after the [[Dune (novel)|novel]] by [[Frank Herbert]],<ref>Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert, by Brian Herbert, 2004, page 244.</ref> and the name was formally adopted by the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] in 1973.<ref name=GPN/> |
The crater was named by the astronauts after the [[Dune (novel)|1965 novel]] by [[Frank Herbert]],<ref>''Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert'', by Brian Herbert, 2004, page 244.</ref> and the name was formally adopted by the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] in 1973.<ref name=GPN/> |
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[[File:A15 PSR Fig 5-74 Planimetric map Station 4.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Planimetric map of Station 4 from the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report. X indicates sample locations, 5-digit numbers are LRL sample numbers, rectangle is lunar rover (dot indicates TV camera), black spots are large rocks, dashed lines are crater rims or other topographic features, and triangles are panorama stations.]] |
[[File:A15 PSR Fig 5-74 Planimetric map Station 4.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Planimetric map of Station 4 from the ''Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report''. '''X''' indicates sample locations, 5-digit '''numbers''' are [[Lunar Receiving Laboratory|LRL]] sample numbers, '''rectangle'''is[[Lunar Roving Vehicle|lunar rover]] (dot indicates TV camera), '''black spots''' are large rocks, '''dashed lines''' are [[Impact crater|crater]] rims or other topographic features, and '''triangles''' are [[panorama]] stations.]] |
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==Samples== |
==Samples== |
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[[File:Dune crater Station 4 boulders AS15-87-11779HR.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Much of the activity at station 4 was devoted to the boulders shown in this photograph. These boulders are basalts and represent material excavated during the formation of Dune Crater. The crew reported that vesicles were abundant in the boulders at this location and that some vesicles were as large as 9 cm in diameter. The abundance and size of the vesicles in these boulders suggest that this basaltic material cooled on or very near the lunar surface. (NASA Image and caption)]] |
[[File:Dune crater Station 4 boulders AS15-87-11779HR.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Much of the activity at station 4 was devoted to the boulders shown in this photograph. These boulders are basalts and represent material excavated during the formation of Dune Crater. The crew reported that vesicles were abundant in the boulders at this location and that some vesicles were as large as 9 cm in diameter. The abundance and size of the vesicles in these boulders suggest that this basaltic material cooled on or very near the lunar surface. (NASA Image and caption)]] |
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The following samples were collected from Dune Crater (Station 4), as listed in Table 5-II of the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report.<ref name=A15PSR/> Sample type, lithology, and description are from Table 5-IV of the same volume. |
The following samples were collected from Dune Crater (Station 4), as listed in Table 5-II of the ''Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report''.<ref name=A15PSR/> Sample type, lithology, and description are from Table 5-IV of the same volume. |
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| 15476 || - || basalt || Slabby, subangular, porphyritic basalt with brown pyroxene [[phenocryst]]s to 15 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase, and brown and green [[mafic]] silicates |
| 15476 || - || basalt || Slabby, subangular, porphyritic basalt with brown pyroxene [[phenocryst]]s to 15 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase, and brown and green [[mafic]] silicates |
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| 15485 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15485 S71-44232.jpg|100px]] || basalt || Blocky, angular basalt with brown pyroxene prisms to 7 mm long in a moderately vuggy groundmass of flow- |
| 15485 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15485 S71-44232.jpg|100px]] || basalt || Blocky, angular basalt with brown pyroxene prisms to 7 mm long in a moderately vuggy groundmass of flow-aligned plagioclase 2 to 3 mm long, and green-brown mafic silicates |
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| 15486 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15486 S71-44250.jpg|100px]] || basalt || Blocky, angular, porphyritic basalt with brown pyroxene phenocrysts to 7 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase laths and pyroxene. Light greenish gray material coats the surface. |
| 15486 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15486 S71-44250.jpg|100px]] || basalt || Blocky, angular, porphyritic basalt with brown pyroxene phenocrysts to 7 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase laths and pyroxene. Light greenish gray material coats the surface. |
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| 15498 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15498 S71-44194.jpg|100px]] || [[breccia]] || A blocky, angular glass-coated breccia with approximately 10% [[Felsic|leucocratic]] clasts bigger than 1 mm. Sizes are seriate and the rock contains 10 to 15% leucocratic clasts 0.5 to 1.0 mm. Dark, vesiclar glass in sharp contact with the breccia covers parts of four sides of the rock. The medium-gray matrix is coherent. |
| 15498 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15498 S71-44194.jpg|100px]] || [[breccia]] || A blocky, angular glass-coated breccia with approximately 10% [[Felsic|leucocratic]] clasts bigger than 1 mm. Sizes are seriate and the rock contains 10 to 15% leucocratic clasts 0.5 to 1.0 mm. Dark, vesiclar glass in sharp contact with the breccia covers parts of four sides of the rock. The medium-gray matrix is coherent. |
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| 15499 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15499 S71-44160.jpg|100px]] || basalt || Blocky, angular, highly [[Vesicular texture|vesicular]] basalt. Vesicles appear to grade in size and abundance across the rock. One surface is coated by light yellowish-gray material grading into very dark brownish-gray coating at one edge. The rock is porphyritic with brown pyroxene prisms to 10 mm long in a groundmass of plagioclase laths and pyroxene. |
| 15499 || [[File:Apollo 15 sample 15499 S71-44160.jpg|100px]] [[File:150520 Apollo 15 Moon Sea Stone.jpg|100px]]|| basalt || Blocky, angular, highly [[Vesicular texture|vesicular]] basalt. Vesicles appear to grade in size and abundance across the rock. One surface is coated by light yellowish-gray material grading into very dark brownish-gray coating at one edge. The rock is porphyritic with brown pyroxene prisms to 10 mm long in a groundmass of plagioclase laths and pyroxene. |
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| Coordinates | 26°02′N 3°40′E / 26.04°N 3.66°E / 26.04; 3.66 |
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| Diameter | 380 m[1] |
| Eponym | Astronaut-named feature |
Dune is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin visited the south rim of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, during EVA 2. The south rim of Dune was designated Geology Station 4 of the mission.
Dune is located about 1.8 km east of Hadley Rille, less than 1 km south of the smaller Earthlight crater, and about 3 km south of the Apollo 15 landing site itself.
The crater was named by the astronauts after the 1965 novelbyFrank Herbert,[2] and the name was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.[1]
The following samples were collected from Dune Crater (Station 4), as listed in Table 5-II of the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report.[3] Sample type, lithology, and description are from Table 5-IV of the same volume.
| Sample | Photo | Lithology | Description |
| 15470 to 15474 | - | soil | Collected with samples 15475 and 15476 |
| 15475 | - | basalt | Blocky, angular, medium-coarse-grained, porphyritic basalt with pale green prisms to 15 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase laths approximately 2 mm long and pale yellow-green pyroxene |
| 15476 | - | basalt | Slabby, subangular, porphyritic basalt with brown pyroxene phenocrysts to 15 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase, and brown and green mafic silicates |
| 15485 |  |
basalt | Blocky, angular basalt with brown pyroxene prisms to 7 mm long in a moderately vuggy groundmass of flow-aligned plagioclase 2 to 3 mm long, and green-brown mafic silicates |
| 15486 |  |
basalt | Blocky, angular, porphyritic basalt with brown pyroxene phenocrysts to 7 mm long in a slightly vuggy groundmass of plagioclase laths and pyroxene. Light greenish gray material coats the surface. |
| 15495 |  |
basalt | Blocky, subangular, vuggy basalt with dark-brown pyroxene prisms to 10 mm long in vugs. |
| 15498 |  |
breccia | A blocky, angular glass-coated breccia with approximately 10% leucocratic clasts bigger than 1 mm. Sizes are seriate and the rock contains 10 to 15% leucocratic clasts 0.5 to 1.0 mm. Dark, vesiclar glass in sharp contact with the breccia covers parts of four sides of the rock. The medium-gray matrix is coherent. |
| 15499 |   |
basalt | Blocky, angular, highly vesicular basalt. Vesicles appear to grade in size and abundance across the rock. One surface is coated by light yellowish-gray material grading into very dark brownish-gray coating at one edge. The rock is porphyritic with brown pyroxene prisms to 10 mm long in a groundmass of plagioclase laths and pyroxene. |
Samples 15470 to 15476 were collected near where the rover was parked to the south of the rim of Dune. Samples 15485, 15486, and 15499 were collected from the largest boulder in the photograph above. Sample 15498 was collected nearby.[3]
