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LOIRP Releases new Lunar Orbiter 4 Image — Aug 13, 04:14 pm

LOIRP releases an image of the lunar south polar region, taken by Lunar Orbiter IV on May 24, 1967


Credit: LOIRP.

This image, LO-IV-179-H1, is an image of the lunar south polar region taken by Lunar Orbiter IV on May 24, 1967 at 16:19:23.809 seconds GMT.

You can download the full resolution image [692 MB tiff} here.

The altitude of the spacecraft when this image was taken was 3591.83 kilometers. The resolution of the image on the ground is 78.432 meters per pixel.

Spacecraft Position:
Altitude: 3591.83 km
Latitude: -71.38°
Longitude: -96.22°

Principal Point:
Latitude: -69.52°
Longitude: -74.07°

Illumination:
Sun Azimuth: 68.15°
Incident Angle: 82.85°
Emission Angle: 11.24°
Phase Angle: 94.08°
Alpha: -11.23°



Posted by: Soderman/NLSI Staff
Source: NASA/ LOIRP



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