File:AS16-M-0440.png

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Descartes crater and the Apollo 16 landing site

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English: This photo is used in Figure 29-23 (a) of the Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-315), which has the following caption:
The Descartes highlands region. (a) Photographic base for the accompanying map of the Descartes region (Apollo 16 mapping camera frame 0440). (b) Sketch map of the same area; furrows and approximate outline of the two units of the Descartes highlands are indicated. Plains of the Cayley Formation are shaded; craters are shown by hachures. Northwest-southeast trend of the furrows on the western side of the map area is radial to the Imbrium Basin.

Photographic data:

Image Name: AS16-M-0440
Mission: Apollo 16
Revolution (Orbit): 18
Camera: Mapping/Metric
Exposure: 00:00:00.013
Camera Tilt: VERT
Scan Pixel Scale: 7.321
Start Time: (DOY:112) 1972-04-21T06:16:52
Spacecraft Altitude: 110.6 km
Center Coordinates (lat, lon): -9.18°,15.2°
Corner Coordinates: -6.19°,12.38°
-6.42°,18.15°
-12.1°,17.94°
-11.93°,12.14°
Sun Elevation: 16.0°
Features: APOLLO 16 LANDING SITE, DESCARTES
Film Type: 3400
Color: black&white
Date
Source Arizona State University, Apollo Image Archive, Apollo Browse Gallery, Apollo 16: Mapping (Metric) Camera, AS16-M-0440
Author NASA
Other versions This geologic map is based on this image:
This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS16-M-0440.

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