Figure 5 is a photo of the Descartes Highlands landing site of Apollo 16. As we

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Figure 5 is a photo of the Descartes Highlands landing site of Apollo 16. As we mentioned at the beginning of the section, scientists' names are usually reserved lot craters and not used to label highlands. What is the most likely reason that this convention is not followed in this situation? Hint: Descartes was a philosopher and mathematician who was born and mathematician who was born in 1596. These highlands were initially thought to be a crater The naming convention was established after they were named They get their name from a crater they surround

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The answer is " They get their name from a crater they surround " .

The Descartes highands got their name from the crater (Deacartes crater) which they surround.

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