Day 5

Plato

One-hundred ten km across , (65 mi) across (4) Plato is named after the Greek philosopher from the 4rth century BC.was one of the most influential thinkers of all time.

Apollo 17

Apollo 17 Landing Site (5) in a valley of the Taurus-Littrow region.

Apollo 17

Closeup of, the South Massif at the Apollo 17 landing site. A “massif” being a small compact group of mountains.

Below is the lunar rover with the South Massif in the background.

Malapert

Named for 17th century Jesuit astronomer Charles Malapert, who studied comets and took the side against Galileo who claimed the sun was the center of the solar-system (6)

Shackelton

Location of the lunar South Pole, named after Sir Ernst Shackelton, the legendary antarctic explorer (7)