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Four views of the same area of Mare Nubium on the Moon from 250 km

Target Name:  Moon
Spacecraft:  Ranger 7
Produced by:  NASA
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  Ranger 7 P100
Date Released: 31 July 1964

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Four Ranger 7 P-camera images showing part of the floor of Mare Nubium near the impact site. The images are ordered by camera (clockwise from upper left) P3, P4, P2, P1. The images were taken from 250 km about 90 seconds before impact P3 and P4 overlap over most of the image, each one is about 15 km across. Image P1 overlaps the lower left corner of P4, and the bottom of P2 overlaps the top of P1. Frames P1 and P2 are about 5.5 km across. North is at 12:30.

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:24:15
Distance/Range (km): 250
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -11., 020. W
Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: crater, mare
Instrument: Vidicon Camera P
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 300 x 300
Instrument Field of View (deg): 2.1 (P1, P2) 6.3 (P3, P4)
Filter: None
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): 68.2
Phase Angle (deg): 39.1
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): 32.1

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