Apollo 12 landing site, Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms), The Mooni
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Apollo 12 landing site | Landing Site |
| Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) | - not defined - |
| The Moon | Moon |
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3° 0' 44'' South , 23° 25' 17'' West
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Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.
On November 19 Conrad and Bean achieved a precise landing at their expected location within walking distance of the site of the Surveyor 3 robotic probe, which had landed on April 20, 1967. They carried the first color television camera to the lunar surface on an Apollo flight, but the transmission was lost after Bean accidentally pointed the camera at the Sun and the camera's sensor was destroyed. On one of two moonwalks, they visited Surveyor 3 and removed some parts for return to Earth.
Lunar Module Intrepid lifted off from the Moon on November 20 and docked with the command module, which then, after completing its 45th lunar orbit, traveled back to Earth. The Apollo 12 mission ended on November 24 with a successful splashdown.
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| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' Reference: Baldridge, W. S.; Beaty, D. W.; Hill, S. M. R.; Albee, A. L. (1979). In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 141-179. |
| ⓘ Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Reference: Baldridge, W. S.; Beaty, D. W.; Hill, S. M. R.; Albee, A. L. (1979). In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 141-179. |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Locality: Bench Crater meteorite, Apollo 12 landing site, Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms), The Moon Reference: Fitzgerald, M. J. & Jones, J. B. (1977). Adelaide and Bench Crater - Members of a new subgroup of the carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics, vol. 12, Dec. 31, 1977, p. 443-458. |
| ⓘ Nickel Formula: Ni Description: Found as mkm films over silicate fragments of the specimen 12 003,17. Reference: Frondell Judith W. (1978) Lunar mineralogy, - "Mir", Moscow, pp. 335 (in Rus.) |
| ⓘ Pigeonite Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 Reference: Baldridge, W. S.; Beaty, D. W.; Hill, S. M. R.; Albee, A. L. (1979). In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 141-179. |
| ⓘ Tranquillityite (TL) Formula: (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 Type Locality: Reference: Lovering J F, Wark D A, Reid A F, Ware N G, Keil K, Prinz M, Bunch T E, El Goresy A, Ramdohr P, Brown G M, Peckett A, Phillips R, Cameron E N, Douglas J A V, Plant A G (1971) Tranquillityite: a new silicate mineral from Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 basaltic rocks. Proceedings of the Second Lunar Science Conference 1, 39-45 |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS Locality: Bench Crater meteorite, Apollo 12 landing site, Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms), The Moon Reference: Fitzgerald, M. J. & Jones, J. B. (1977). Adelaide and Bench Crater - Members of a new subgroup of the carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics, vol. 12, Dec. 31, 1977, p. 443-458. |
| ⓘ Ulvöspinel Formula: TiFe2O4 Reference: Meyer, C. ( 2003). NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set ; NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set, C Meyer - 2003 |
| ⓘ 'UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr' Formula: ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 Reference: Haines, E.L., Albee, A.L., Chodos, A.A., Wasserburg, G.J. (1971): Uranium-bearing minerals of lunar rock 12013. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.: 12: 145-154; in: Fleischer, M. (1973): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 58: 139-141 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Nickel | 1.AA.05 | Ni |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Ulvöspinel | 4.BB.05 | TiFe2O4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Pigeonite | 9.DA.10 | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| ⓘ | Tranquillityite (TL) | 9.AG.90 | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr' | - | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| O | ⓘ Ulvöspinel | TiFe2O4 |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Si | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Ca | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Ca | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Ti | ⓘ Ulvöspinel | TiFe2O4 |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Ti | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ulvöspinel | TiFe2O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pigeonite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Fe | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Nickel | Ni |
| Y | Yttrium | |
| Y | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Tranquillityite | (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12 |
| Zr | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| Nb | Niobium | |
| Nb | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| Th | Thorium | |
| Th | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ UM1971-04-O:FeNbTiYZr | ~Fe(REE,Ca)ZrTi2(Nb,U,Th)O11 |
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Frondell, Judith W. (1978) Lunar mineralogy. "Mir", Moscow, 335 (in Rus.)
Baldridge, W.S., Beaty, D.W., Hill, S.M.R., Albee, A.L. (1979) Proceedings of the Tenth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, March 19-23, 1979. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979: 141-179.
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