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Crater Lichtenberg and young lunar basalts tracked by SMART-1

2 March 2006

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This animation, made from images taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, illustrates a special pointing mode, the so-called 'target-tracking' mode.

As the spacecraft moves around the Moon, it is commanded to keep pointing at the same target for a certain period of time, even though it moves over the lunar surface faster than 900 metres per second (or 3260 kilometres per hour).

The AMIE camera obtained the images from a distance of between 2064 and 2162 kilometres with a ground resolution of between approximately 186 and 195 metres per pixel. The image is centred on an area located at 66.8° West, 32.6° North.

Credits: ESA/Space-X

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This USGS topographic map can be used to compare the heights.

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This still image shows crater Lichtenberg in the Oceanus Procellarum region on the Moon. The AMIE camera obtained the images from a distance of between 2064 and 2162 kilometres with a ground resolution of between approximately 186 and 195 metres per pixel. The image is centred on an area located at 66.8° West, 32.6° North.

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This 3D anaglyph image shows crater Lichtenberg in the Oceanus Procellarum region on the Moon. The AMIE camera obtained the images from a distance of between 2064 and 2162 kilometres with a ground resolution of between approximately 186 and 195 metres per pixel. This image is best viewed with 3D red/green glasses(red on the left eye).

Credits: ESA/Space-X

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