page_title: Proclus (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Proclus (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Slightly oblique view of Proclus, on the moon. This is cropped from the original which was published in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-330), 1973, as Figure 4-48, which has the following caption: Proclus, the most prominent excluded-ray-zone crater on the near side of the Moon, has been difficult to photograph successfully because of the brightness of its rays. In this near-vertical photograph, interior details are clear despite the relatively high Sun angle when exposed on revolution 28. North is at the top of the photograph. The object at the right (not shown) is the CSM EVA floodlight.
context_page_description: Proclus is a young lunar impact crater located to the west of the Mare Crisium, on the east shore of the Palus Somni. Its diameter is 27 km. It was named after 5th century Greek mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Proclus. It lies to the south of the prominent, terraced crater Macrobius, and west-northwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes.
context_section_description: Proclus is a young lunar impact crater located to the west of the Mare Crisium, on the east shore of the Palus Somni. Its diameter is 27 km. It was named after 5th century Greek mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Proclus. It lies to the south of the prominent, terraced crater Macrobius, and west-northwest of the lava-flooded Yerkes.
caption: Apollo 17 image
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