NASA Photo ID: AS11-42-6237        File Name: 10075249.jpg
Film Type: 70mm BW                 Date Taken: 07/16/69
Title: Oblique view of crater Theophilus at northwest edge of Sea of Nectar
Description:
An Apollo 11 oblique view of the large crater Theophilus located at the 
northwest edge of the Sea of Nectar on the lunar nearside. Theophilus is 
about 60 statute miles in diameter. the smooth area is Mare Nectaris. The 
smaller crater Madler, about 14 statute miles in diameter, is located to
the  east of Theophilus. Visible in the background are the large crater 
Fracastorius and the smaller crater Beaumont. The coordinates of the center 
of this photograph are 29 degrees east longitude and 11 degrees south 
latitude.              
Subject terms:
APOLLO 11                               
APOLLO PROJECT                          
CRATERS                                 
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHY                       
LUNAR SURFACE                           
LUNAR TOPOGRAPHY                        
MOON                                    
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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