Shorty is a feature on the Moon, an impact crater in the Taurus–Littrow valley.APOD - June 24, 2012 Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission.APOD - May 23, 2001 It is the location of the famous "orange soil", which geologists believe to be small bits of rapidly-cooled molten rock ejected in a lava fountain. It is about in diameter and up to deep.LROC - Just Another Crater?
To the east of Shorty are Victory, Camelot, and the Apollo 17 landing site. To the southeast is Brontë. To the southwest are Lara and Nansen.
The crater was named after the character "Shorty" in Richard Brautigan's 1967 novel Trout Fishing in America, as well as to honor the genre of the short story with particular reference to J. D. Salinger.The Valley of Taurus-Littrow, Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones
Samples The following samples were collected from Shorty crater (Station 4), as listed in Table 7-I of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report.Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (NASA Special Publication 330). Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. 1973. The "Rock Type" is from the table, and the "Lithology" is from the Lunar Sample Compendium of the Lunar and Planetary Institute or NASA's Lunar Sample Catalog.
Sample In Situ Photo Rock Type Lithology Photo 74001/74002 Double Drive Tube Regolith breccia74001-74002 - 74115 to 74119 Friable clods Regolith breccia74115-74119 - 74220 - Soil74220 (the orange soil) 74235 - Basalt vitrophyre High-Ti Mare Basalt74235 74240 - Soil - 74245 - Fine or devitrified basalt Aphanitic High-Ti Basalt74245 - 74246 - Dark matrix breccia Soil Breccia74246 - 74247 - Fine or devitrified basalt High-Ti Basalt74247 - 74248 - Fine or devitrified basalt High-Ti Basalt74248 - 74249 - Fine basalt High-Ti Basalt74249 - 74250 - Soil74250 and 74270 - 74255 Coarse basalt Ilmenite Basalt74255 - 74260 - Soil - 74270 - Soil - 74275 Fine basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt74275 74285 Medium basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt742485 - 74286 Medium basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt74286 - 74287 Fine basalt High-Ti Mare Basalt74287 -
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VR panorama LROC article, with overhead views 43D1S2(25) Apollo 17 Traverses at Lunar and Planetary Institute Geological Investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site