Chaffee crater on the Moon
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Chaffee crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, one of the Apollo 1 crew members who died in a pre-launch test accident.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chaffee crater on the Moon canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
impact crater on the Moon
ⓘ
lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| category | Impact craters on the Moon ⓘ |
| colongitude | 246 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinates ⓘ |
| diameter | 49 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Roger B. Chaffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEponymNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
eroded crater walls
ⓘ
relatively level interior floor ⓘ small craterlets along the rim ⓘ small craterlets on the interior floor ⓘ worn outer rim ⓘ |
| hasInterior | relatively featureless central floor ⓘ |
| hasRim | rounded and somewhat irregular rim ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Chaffee A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chaffee B NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaffee C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honors | Apollo 1 astronaut Roger B. Chaffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNear |
Apollo (lunar crater)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grissom (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ White (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNorthOf | Apollonius (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
far side of the Moon
ⓘ
lunar southern hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Roger B. Chaffee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForMission | Apollo 1 crew member ⓘ |
| namedForRole | NASA astronaut ⓘ |
| namingAuthority | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observationMethod |
Apollo mission photography
ⓘ
lunar orbiter imagery ⓘ |
| officialNameAdoptedByIAU | 1970 ⓘ |
| quadrant | southeastern far side of the Moon ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Apollo 1 pre-launch test accident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceAge | pre-Imbrian or early lunar highlands age (approximate) ⓘ |
| surfaceType | heavily cratered highlands ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.