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Bench crater is a small crater in Mare Cognitum on the
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File:AS12-49-7236 (21657254906).jpg, Sample 12035 location
File:AS12-49-7234 (21495489838).jpg, This shows sample 12053, an angular fragment collected from the northwest rim of Bench crater
Moon
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. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU
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in 1973.
The Apollo 12
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astronauts Pete Conrad
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and Alan Bean landed the Lunar Module
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(LM) ''Intrepid'' northeast of Bench crater on November 24, 1969. To the northeast of Bench are the larger Head
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and Surveyor
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craters. To the west is Sharp crater (now called Sharp-Apollo).
The crater is called ''Bench'' because of perceived terraces ( benches) within the crater. A wide area on the west side of the crater was referred to as "low bench" and a smaller area on the east side was referred to as "high bench" during mission planning.''Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report'' (NASA SP-235), 1970link
Samples
References
{{reflist Impact craters on the Moon Apollo 12