Tycho, South Massif, Nansen, and the Light Mantle
Compiled by Eric M. Jones.
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Last revised 4 June 2015.
| Labelled detail from AS17-147-22466, a view
of the Valley of Taurus-Littrow taken from the LM one orbit
before the landing. The Command Module is at the upper
left. The South Massif dominates the entrance to the
valley. Nansen is a particularly large portion of a
trench at the base of the mountain. And the Light
Mantle is material deposited across the valley entrance as
the result of a large landslide off the South Massif,
believed to have been triggered by the impact near the top
of the mountain of debris from the Tycho impact, 100 million
years ago. Mare Serenitatis lies beyond the Massifs. |
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