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Crater on the Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trident is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed about 300 m north of its rim in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They drove along the east rim of Trident during EVA 1 of the mission, in their rover.
Coordinates | 20.18°N 30.77°E |
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Diameter | 560 m[1] |
Eponym | Astronaut-named feature |
To the south of Trident is Powell, to the west are Camelot and Horatio, and to the east is Sherlock.
The crater was named by the astronauts after a trident (three pronged spear) due to its shape.[2]
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