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Crater on the Moon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sherlock is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drove their rover to the north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They photographed the rim, as shown below.
Coordinates | 20.15°N 30.79°E |
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Diameter | 520 m[1] |
Eponym | Astronaut-named feature |
Sherlock is about 1 km east of the Apollo 17 landing site. To the south of it is Steno crater and to the north are Van Serg and Shakespeare.
The crater was named by the astronauts after the fictional Sherlock Holmes from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.[2]
Alternatively, the crater was named after Gerald Sherlock of Melbourne Florida who was good friendes with astronaut Thomas P. Stafford. Gerald was a physicist. "Stafford told Sherlock he'd name something on the moon for him..."[3]
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