Astronomy and Space

Apollo (crater)

Apollo, also called the Apollo basin, is a large impact crater located on the far side of the Moon, in the southern hemisphere. This class of formation is known as a peak ring basin, which has a single interior topographic ring or a discontinuous ring of peaks with no central peak. It was previously known as Basin XVI; in 1970 it was officially named after the Apollo missions by the International Astronomical Union. The Chang'e 6 spacecraft landed within Apollo basin in 2024, collected samples of the surface, then brought them to Earth for analysis.

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• ▸Expedition 18
• ▸Chinchilla
• ▸Exploration of Pluto

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