Targets for LRO |
Targets for LRO |
Apr 6 2007, 09:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
You can imagine this to be a companion thread to the one requesting suggestions
for MRO targets on Mars. The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) is set to launch in a little over a year from now. There was to a be a site selection workshop in May 2007, next month, but I see now that it has been cancelled. Therefore, it appears that it is up to us, the UMSF Community to take up the baton and help NASA out. It was done for New Horizons at Jupiter and was very productive. So, what are the sites that you would like to see imaged at 0.5 meter resolution by LROC, LRO's High-Resolution camera? My first suggestion would be to re-photograph the Surveyor 1 landing site to compare it with the images obtained by Lunar Orbiter 3. My second suggestion would be to photograph the Surveyor 6 landing area. This should image S-6 itself, but even more interesting, it may capture images of Surveyor 4, which should be only a mile or so away. This would help to determine whatever happened to S-4, which abruptly stopped transmitting just short of touchdown. Another Phil |
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Jul 12 2009, 01:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
My s.o. took a picture of the moon this morning with her camera:
I put a red dot at the Apollo 11 landing site--looks like a nice low sun angle if they took the shot. -------------------- |
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Jul 13 2009, 01:55 PM
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My s.o. took a picture of the moon this morning with her camera: Good! You answered me what I was searching about the Moon phase when Apollo 11 landed on Moon. I knew that the Moon was either as waxing crescent or waning crescent. Now I see it. That time is very nice for visual effects with contrasts of light. A little question of OT, What about was the temperature on the Moon surface during the astronauts external walk activities? |
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Jul 16 2009, 12:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
Good! You answered me what I was searching about the Moon phase when Apollo 11 landed on Moon. I knew that the Moon was either as waxing crescent or waning crescent. Here's about what it looked like at the moment of landing, 20JUL1969 20:17:40 UT (blue dot at the A11 landing site): -------------------- |
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