Shakespeare (lunar crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Shakespeare

Location of Shakespeare crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. South Massif is at lower left, North Massif is at top center, and Sculptured Hills are at upper right. Scale bar is 5 km

Diameter| 540 m[1]

Shakespeare is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed southwest of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They did not visit it, but in fact drove around it during EVA 3.

To the south is Van Serg, to the northeast is Cochise, and to the northwest is a crater unofficially called Henry on some maps.

The crater was named by the astronauts after English playwright William Shakespeare.[1][2]

Shakespeare in foreground as viewed from Geology Station 6, some distance up the North Massif Apollo 17 panoramic camera image

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shakespeare, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
2. ↑ The Valley of Taurus–Littrow, Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones

## External links

* Geological Investigation of the Taurus–Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site
* Shakespeare at The Moon Wiki

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