Camelot 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 Camelot.
Camelot is due 700 meters 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.The Valley of Taurus-Littrow , Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones
Samples The following samples were collected from Camelot crater (Station 5), as listed in Table 7-I of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report.Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (NASA Special Publication 330). Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. 1973. The "Rock Type" is from the table, and the "Lithology" is from the Lunar Sample Compendium of the Lunar and Planetary Institute or NASA's Lunar Sample Catalog.
Sample In Situ Photo Rock Type Lithology Photo 75015 Coarse basalt Ilmenite Basalt75015 , Lunar Sample Compendium 75035 Medium basalt Ilmenite Basalt75035 , Lunar Sample Compendium 75055 Coarse basalt Ilmenite Basalt75055 , Lunar Sample Compendium 75065 - Medium basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt75065 , Lunar Sample Catalog - 75066 - Dark-gray basalt Glassy Breccia75066 , Lunar Sample Catalog - 75075 Medium basalt Vuggy Ilmenite Basalt75075 , Lunar Sample Compendium 75085 - Medium basalt High-Ti Basalt (from soil sample 75080)75085 , Lunar Sample Catalog - 75086 - Medium basalt High-Ti Basalt (from soil sample 75080) - 75087 - Medium basalt High-Ti Basalt (from soil sample 75080) - 75088 - Fine basalt High-Ti Basalt (from soil sample 75080) - 75089 - Fine basalt High-Ti Basalt (from soil sample 75080) - 75115 - Fine basalt High-Ti Basalt -
References
External links 43D1S2(25) Apollo 17 Traverses at Lunar and Planetary Institute Geological Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site