Sherlock is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drove their rover to the north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. They photographed the rim, as shown below.
Sherlock is about 1 km east of the Apollo 17 landing site. To the south of it is Steno crater and to the north are Van Serg and Shakespeare.
The crater was named by the astronauts after the fictional Sherlock Holmes from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.The Valley of Taurus–Littrow, Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones
Alternatively, the crater was named after Gerald Sherlock of Melbourne, Florida, who was good friends with astronaut Thomas P. Stafford. Gerald was a physicist. "Stafford told Sherlock he'd name something on the moon for him..."Mobile, Alabama Newsclipping titled "CRATER ON MOON TO BE NAMED FOR LOCAL'S KIN" December 13, 1972 The Mobile Press
References
External links 43D1S2(25) Apollo 17 Traverses at Lunar and Planetary Institute Geological Investigation of the Taurus–Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site