Cinco (crater)

Cinco is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16.

The craters were designated a, b, c, d, and e, and the largest (a) was officially named Cinco after the mission in 1973 by the IAU.

[1][2] On April 21, 1972, the Apollo 16 Apollo Lunar Module Orion landed about 4 km north of Cinco, northeast of the prominent South Ray crater.

The astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the area over the course of three EVAs using a Lunar Roving Vehicle, or rover.

They drove up Stone Mountain to Station 4, about 80 m west of Cinco crater, on EVA 2.

Planimetric map of Station 4 from the Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report . X indicates sample locations, 5-digit numbers are LRL sample numbers, rectangle is lunar rover (dot indicates TV camera), black spots are large rocks, dashed lines are crater rims or other topographic features, and triangles are panorama stations.