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ra9_a060.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-9: Alphonsus Crater (2)54 visiteCaption NASA:"Ranger 9 image taken 54 seconds before impact. The upraised area at lower center is the central peak of Alphonsus Crater floor. This image was taken from a distance of 136 Km.
The impact point of Ranger 9 is to the right of the central reticle, about 60% of the way from the central reticle to the edge of the frame.
The image is 60 Km across and North is at 12:30 (Ranger 9, A060)".MareKromium
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ra8_p010.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-8: Mare Tranquillitatis (8)54 visiteCaption NASA:"These four images were the first taken by the Ranger 8 P-series cameras. The images are ordered (clockwise from upper left) P3, P4, P2, P1. The P3 and P4 cameras had 6,3° fields of view (~135 Km across) and show 164-Km-diameter Ptolemaeus Crater to the right and the Davy Crater Chain, a white line running S-WW to N-EE at left middle in P3 and lower left in P4. The P1 and P2 cameras had 2,1° fields of view (45 Km across). P1 shows a close-up of the crater Davy Y at the upper right. Image P2 shows the area just East of P1. North is up for all images (Ranger 8, P001)".MareKromium
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ra7_p001.jpgThe Moon from Ranger-7: Mare Cognitum (7)57 visiteCaption NASA:"First P-camera images taken by Ranger 7. The images are numbered by camera (clockwise from upper left) P3, P4, P2, P1. All images were taken from a distance of about 1870 Km about 13,5' before impact. Frame P3 shows Guericke crater (diameter 63 Km) at the upper right.
P4 also shows Guericke at right center. Image P1 is 41 Km across and shows the floor of Mare Nubium north of Opelt crater. The bottom of frame P2 overlaps the upper right corner of P1. P2 is about 40 Km across. North is at 12:30 in all four images (Ranger 7, P001)".MareKromium
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