Lunar Sample 79002
Mission | Apollo 17 |
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Sample Type | core |
Lithology | soil |
Location | Taken 2 meters from two 1 meter craters on southeast flank of Van Serg crater ejecta blanket, at Station 9 |
Description | Double drive tube 79001/79002 was taken 2 meters from two 1 meter craters on the southeast flank of the Van Serg crater ejecta blanket, at Station 9. The site has a gentle slope to the southeast away from Van Serg crater. Fragments 2-20 cm cover 3% of the surface. Astronauts report that driving the first core was easy. The second one was a little tougher, and then it got very hard at the end. >1mm particles were hand picked and not sieved, where they would have broken down, so there is a discontinuity in the size distribution caused by the lab procesures. |
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