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Floor of Mare Nubium on the Moon from 15 km Target Name:   Moon Spacecraft:   Ranger 7 Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   Ranger 7 B200 Date Released:  31 July 1964 Related Document The Moon Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size ra7b200.gif GIF 720 x 652 459K Ranger 7 camera-B image taken 5 seconds before impact on 31 July 1964. The image was taken from a distance of 14.71 km and shows the floor of Mare Nubium. The frame is about 2.8 km across and shows features as small as approximately 5 meters. The impact site is off this image to the upper left. Location & Time Information Date/Time (UT): 1964-07-31 T 13:25:43.75 Distance/Range (km): 14.71 Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): -10.66, 020.57 W Orbit(s): Impact - Hard Landing Imaging Information Area or Feature Type: crater, mare Instrument: Vidicon Camera B Instrument Resolution (pixels): 1150 x 1150 Instrument Field of View (deg): 8.4 Filter: None Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): 67.6 Phase Angle (deg): 34.1 Instrument Look Direction: N/A Surface Emission Angle (deg): 36.1

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