Planitia Descensus

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Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)

Lat: 7.1°N, Long: 64.4°W, Diam: 0 km, Depth: km, [/R%C3%BCkl%2028 Rükl: 28]

Table of Contents

[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9) Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Images Images]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Maps Maps]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Description Description]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Planitia Descensus (landingsite of Luna 9)-Bibliography Bibliography]
external image normal_Planitia_Descensus_LO-IV-162H_LTVT.JPG
LO-IV-162H The crater in the upper left is [/Cavalerius Cavalerius] F.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

  • Frame 3214, made by Lunar Orbiter 3, shows an oblique view of Planitia Descensus and crater Galilaei in the distance.
  • Apollo 17's NIKON-camera photographs AS17-158-23895 and 23896 show Planitia Descensus near the upper margins of both frames (made in earthlight circumstances).
  • Research Lunar Orbiter 3 and Apollo 17 photography: Danny Caes


Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 56D2) LAC map Geologic map

Description

This IAU name commemorates the February 3, 1966 landing site of Luna 9, the first spacecraft from Earth to successfully soft-land on the Moon and return images from it. In the [/Lunar%20Orbiter Lunar Orbiter] image shown here, the official [/IAU%20Nomenclature IAU coordinates] are marked by a white cross on the peak to the right of center, but the actual landing was in a mare area. Many charts place the Luna 9 landing site in the plain immediately to the left of the cross. However [/NASA%20SP-241 NASA SP-241], which may be more definitive, places it to the right, almost touching the left side of the bright crescent. The position shown in SP-241 is approximately 7.19°N, 64.18°W

Although [/Planitia Planitia] means "plain" the name is thought to refer, like [/Apollo%2011%20Site Statio Tranquillitatis], to the landing site only, a feature of zero size, and not to the surrounding region.

- JimMosher JimMosher

Description: Wikipedia

Planitia Descensus

Additional Information

  • Luna 9 was the first mission to establish that the lunar surface (at least at that point) could bear the weight of a spacecraft.
  • Robert Christy gives the landing site coordinates as 7.13 degrees north, 60.36 degrees west (the latter, giving a location near [/Reiner%20Gamma Reiner Gamma], is almost certainly a typo).
  • John Walker gives the landing site coordinates as 7.08 degrees north, 64.37 degrees west (a position on the peak, very close to the cross).


Nomenclature


LPOD Articles


Bibliography




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