Rhysling is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in the Hadley–Apennine region. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin stopped near the west rim of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, during EVA 1. Geology Station 3 was about 125 meters west of Rhysling, and a single piece of vesicular basalt was collected there (sample 15016). The rock is sometimes called the seatbelt basalt.
 Apollo 15 panoramic camera image | |
| Coordinates | 26°04′N 3°37′E / 26.07°N 3.62°E |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 120 m[1] |
| Eponym | Astronaut-named feature |
Rhysling is named for the blind poet Rhysling in Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “The Green Hills of Earth.”
Rhysling is located less than 1 km east of Hadley Rille, less than 1 km northwest of Earthlight crater, and about 2 km south of the Apollo 15 landing site itself, at Last crater.
The crater was named by the astronauts, and the name was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973.[1]
External links
edit- Apollo 15 Traverses, Lunar Photomap 41B4S4(25)