Rhysling (crater)

Rhysling is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin stopped near the west rim of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, during EVA 1. Geology Station 3 was about 125 meters west of Rhysling, and a single piece of vesicular basalt was collected there (sample 15016). The rock is sometimes called the seatbelt basalt.

Rhysling

Apollo 15 panoramic camera image
Coordinates	26.07°N 3.62°E / 26.07; 3.62
Diameter	120 m[1]
Eponym	Astronaut-named feature

Rhysling is named for the blind poet Rhysling in Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “The Green Hills of Earth.”

Rhysling is located less than 1 km east of Hadley Rille, less than 1 km northwest of Earthlight crater, and about 2 km south of the Apollo 15 landing site itself, at Last crater.

The crater was named by the astronauts, and the name was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.^[1]

External links

• Apollo 15 Traverses, Lunar Photomap 41B4S4(25)