Shorty

Location of Shorty crater in Taurus-Littrow Valley. South Massif is at lower left, North Massif is at top center, and Sculptured Hills are at upper right. Scale bar is 5 km
Coordinates	20°13′N30°38′E / 20.22°N 30.63°E /20.22; 30.63
Diameter	110 m[1]
Depth	14 m
Eponym	Astronaut-named feature

Shorty is a feature on theMoon, animpact crater in theTaurus–Littrow valley.^[2] AstronautsEugene Cernan andHarrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on theApollo 17 mission.^[2][3] It is the location of the famous "orange soil", which geologists believe to be small bits of rapidly-cooled molten rock ejected in alava fountain.^[2] It is about 110 meters (120 yards) in diameter and up to 14 m (15 yd) deep.^[4]

Shorty Crater is about 14 m deep. Based on our investigations at the site and later examination of photographs, the impact that formed it penetrated, in order, regolith on the avalanche deposit, the avalanche deposit, regolith on a basalt flow, a basalt flow overlying and protecting the orange and black glass layers, the orange and black glass layers, regolith on a second basalt flow, and, finally, the upper portion of that second flow. Orange and black glass clods and basalt boulders are spread throughout the ejecta blanket surrounding Shorty.

To the east of Shorty areVictory,Camelot, and the Apollo 17 landing site. To the southeast isBrontë. To the southwest areLara andNansen.

The crater was named after the character "Shorty" inRichard Brautigan's 1967 novelTrout Fishing in America, as well as to honor the genre of theshort story with particular reference toJ. D. Salinger.^[5]

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  Apollo 17 panoramic camera image
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  Exploring Shorty crater during theApollo 17 mission to the Moon. The orange soil was found to the right of the rover, at the base of the small hill at the crater rim.
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  Orange soil found next to Shorty, which turned out to be titanium-rich pyroclastic glass (sample 74220 in the table below)^[4]
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  Planimetric map of Station 4 including the rim of Shorty

The following samples were collected from Shorty crater (Station 4), as listed in Table 7-I of theApollo 17 Preliminary Science Report.^[6] 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 breccia[7]	-
74115 to 74119		Friable clods	Regolith breccia[8]	-
74220		-	Soil[9] (the orange soil)
74235	-	Basalt vitrophyre	High-Ti Mare Basalt[10]
74240		-	Soil[9]	-
74245	-	Fine or devitrified basalt	Aphanitic High-Ti Basalt[11]	-
74246	-	Dark matrix breccia	Soil Breccia[12]	-
74247	-	Fine or devitrified basalt	High-Ti Basalt[13]	-
74248	-	Fine or devitrified basalt	High-Ti Basalt[14]	-
74249	-	Fine basalt	High-Ti Basalt[15]	-
74250		-	Soil[16]	-
74255		Coarse basalt	Ilmenite Basalt[17]	-
74260		-	Soil[9]	-
74270		-	Soil[16]	-
74275		Fine basalt	High-Ti Mare Basalt[18]
74285		Medium basalt	High-Ti Mare Basalt[19]	-
74286		Medium basalt	High-Ti Mare Basalt[20]	-
74287		Fine basalt	High-Ti Mare Basalt[21]	-

Wikimedia Commons has media related toShorty (crater).

• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Apollo 17: Shorty Crater Panorama (14 December 2007)
• 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 SiteArchived 2019-07-21 at theWayback Machine

• LQ12 quadrangle
• Impact craters on the Moon
• Apollo 17
• Harrison Schmitt
• Gene Cernan

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