SMART-1 view of Apollo 11 landing site

Date: 20 Jul 2009
Satellite: SMART-1
Copyright: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)
This lunar map is a mosaic of images taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft. The image shows the landing site of Apollo 11 and three prominent craters in the vicinity which have been named in honour of the astronauts on board the first mission to land humans on the Moon.
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Source image orbit numbers |
92, 93, 1752, 1882, 1885, 1888 and 2086 |
| Source image resolution |
125 -127 metres per pixel |
| Map coverage |
22 -26 degrees East longitude 0 – 3 degrees North latitude |
| Apollo 11 landing site |
23.47297 degrees East longitude 0.67408 degrees North latitude |
Note that the images were acquired during different orbits and therefore at different lunar times with varying lighting conditions. This is particularly noticeable in the shadows that are cast: in the images that make up the top left of the map, the shadows fall to the right, whereas the shadows in the images making up the bottom of the map, fall to the left.
Last Update: 04 Nov 2009
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