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Camelot (crater)

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Diameter
  
610 m

Camelot (crater)

Eponym
  
Astronaut-named feature

Camleot is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, during EVA 2. Geology Station 5 was along the south rim of Camleot.

Camelot is due west of the landing site. The smaller Horatio crater is to the southwest, and Victory is to the northwest. Powell and Trident are to the southeast.

The crater was named by the astronauts after the castle Camelot of Arthurian legend.

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Camelot (crater) Wikipedia