Astronomy:Halo (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Halo

LRO Narrow Angle Camera image
Diameter	10 m

Halo crater is a small crater in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.

Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module (LM) Intrepid north of Halo crater on November 19, 1969. To the north of Halo is the much larger Surveyor crater, and the landing point is beyond it. To the west of Surveyor is Head crater. To the west of Halo are Bench crater and Sharp crater (now called Sharp-Apollo).

Halo crater from the surface, looking north

External links

• Lunar Orbiter 3 image 154 H2, used for planning the mission (landing site is left of center).
• Lunar Orbiter 1 sequence of images 157, 158, and 159, showing the Apollo 12 landing site and vicinity