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Dark lava floor of crater Billy seen by SMART-1

16 February 2006

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The AMIE camera on ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft obtained two images of crater Billy on consecutive orbits on 14 January 2006. The images were taken from a distance of about 1260 kilometres with a ground resolution of approximately 114 metres per pixel. Each image has a field of view of 56 kilometres. They were combined into this composite.

Crater Billy is located on the southern fringes of Oceanus Procellarum at approximately 50° West, 13.5° South.

Credits: ESA/SPACE-X Space Exploration Institute

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