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English: Bandfield crater on the far side of the moon. Cropped from Apollo 15 panoramic camera image AS15-P-9721. The crater's name was approved in July 2022. This annotated image was published in Apollo Over the Moon: A View From Orbit, Figure 108, with the following caption: Another fine example of a small crater with extensive bright rays. It presumably was formed by meteoroid impact. Both light and dark rocks are visible in the walls, indicating that more than one layer of rock was penetrated. Rays formed by secondary craters, blocks, and pulverized ejecta extend more than 13 crater diameters beyond the crater proper. The marked irregularity of the pattern southeast of the crater probably was caused by topographic irregularities that deflected the radially outward movement of the ejecta. Arrows indicate smaller bright- rayed craters. -Mareta West, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Source | Apollo Over the Moon: A view from Orbit, Chapter 5.2 (NASA SP-362, 1978) |
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