Mackin is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed north of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but did not visit it.
Mackin is adjacent to the similarly sized crater Hess-Apollo (crater), Hess. To the north is Camelot (crater), Camelot, to the northwest are Shorty (crater), Shorty and Lara (lunar crater), Lara, and to the west is Nansen-Apollo (crater), Nansen. To the northeast is Emory (crater), Emory.
The crater was named by the astronauts after geologist Joseph Hoover Mackin.
The Valley of Taurus-Littrow
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal, Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright 1995 by Eric M. Jones
References
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External links
43D1S2(25) Apollo 17 Traverses
at Lunar and Planetary Institute
Geological Investigation of the Taurus–Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site
Impact craters on the Moon
Apollo 17