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Double (lunar crater)
Double
is a small
crater
in
Mare Tranquillitatis
on
the Moon
, west of the
Apollo 11 landing site
known as
Tranquility Base
.
The Apollo
11
astronauts
Neil Armstrong
and
Buzz Aldrin
landed the
Lunar Module
Eagle
next to Double on
July 20
,
1969
.
The name was
officially
approved
by IAU's
Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
on
July 26, 2017
alongside another small crater near the
landing
site called
Little West
.