South Ray (Moon)

Astronaut named feature, Apollo 16 site.

South Ray crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the moon photographed from the lunar surface by the astronauts of Apollo 16. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973. The Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion landed. The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area between the craters over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover. (wikipedia entry)

A landing site name is a lunar feature at or near Apollo landing sites.

NW 63 km

Dollond B

Walking
1 Day 4 Hours

N 5 km

Plum

Walking
2 Hours 27 Minutes

NE 2 km

Baby Ray(last)

Walking
1 Hour 4 Minutes

W 69 km

Dollond Y

MRV
1 Hour 5 Minutes
Walking
1 Day 7 Hours

South Ray

-9.15° N 15.38° E

E 5 km

Stone Mountain

Walking
2 Hours 37 Minutes

SW 48 km

Dollond(next)

Walking
22 Hours 10 Minutes

S 33 km

Dollond E

Walking
15 Hours 22 Minutes

SE 54 km

Dollond M

Walking
24 Hours 40 Minutes

Tour so far: Visited 1,128 locations over 106,026 km. Next: Dollond
Return to Tour

Built by Inkleby based on data from the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
This website uses cookies to see how many people visited (Learn More).