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File:AS12-49-7199 (21683326175).jpg|Sample 12055 is below center, on the north rim of Head crater. |
File:AS12-49-7199 (21683326175).jpg|Sample 12055 is below center, on the north rim of Head crater. |
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File:AS12-48-7055 (21666486631).jpg|Another view of sample 12055 |
File:AS12-48-7055 (21666486631).jpg|Another view of sample 12055. |
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File:AS12-48-7051 (21470519219).jpg|The crew dug a small trench on the northwest rim of Head crater. Samples 12033 and 12034 were collected from it. |
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==References== |
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LRO Narrow Angle Camera image
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Coordinates | 3°01′S 23°26′W / 3.01°S 23.43°W / -3.01; -23.43 |
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Diameter | 120 m[1] |
Eponym | Astronaut-named feature |
Head crater is a small crater in Mare Cognitum on the Moon. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.[1]
The Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module (LM) Intrepid northeast of Head crater on November 24, 1969. To the east of Head is the larger Surveyor crater. To the southwest are Bench crater and Sharp crater (now called Sharp-Apollo). To the northwest of Head is the larger crater Middle Crescent.
It is called Head because the pattern of craters in the area resembles that of a snowman (with Surveyor crater forming the body) when viewed from the east, as in the landing approach.