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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Guericke Crater as seen by Ranger 7
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Guericke Crater as seen by Ranger 7
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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Ranger 7 B-camera image of Guericke crater (11.5 S, 14.1 W, diameter 63 km) taken from a distance of 1335 km. The dark flat floor of Mare Nubium dominates most of the image, which was taken 8.5 minutes before Ranger 7 impacted the Moon on 31 July 1964. The frame is about 230 km across and north is at 12:30. The impact site is off the frame to the left. (Ranger 7, B100)
The Ranger series of spacecraft were designed solely to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time. The images were to be used for scientific study, as well as selecting landing sites for the Apollo Moon missions. Ranger 7 was the first of the Ranger series to be entirely successful. It transmitted 4,308high-quality images over the last 17 minutes of flight, the final image having a resolution of 0.5 meter/pixel.
Ranger 7 was launched July 28, 1964 and arrived at the Moon on July 31, 1964.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
Ranger 7 B-camera image of Guericke crater (11.5 S, 14.1 W, diameter 63 km) taken from a distance of 1335 km. The dark flat floor of Mare Nubium dominates most of the image, which was taken 8.5 minutes before Ranger 7 impacted the Moon on 31 July 1964. The frame is about 230 km across and north is at 12:30. The impact site is off the frame to the left. (Ranger 7, B100)
The Ranger series of spacecraft were designed solely to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time. The images were to be used for scientific study, as well as selecting landing sites for the Apollo Moon missions. Ranger 7 was the first of the Ranger series to be entirely successful. It transmitted 4,308high-quality images over the last 17 minutes of flight, the final image having a resolution of 0.5 meter/pixel.
Ranger 7 was launched July 28, 1964 and arrived at the Moon on July 31, 1964.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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2000-11-04
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2000-11-04
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Ranger
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Spacecraft:
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Ranger 7
Spacecraft
Ranger 7
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Moon
Target_Name
Moon
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Earth
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Earth
Is a satellite of
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Product Size:
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685 samples x 720 lines
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685 samples x 720 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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RANGER_PAGE
Primary_Data_Set
RANGER_PAGE
Primary Data Set
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Producer ID:
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P3697
Producer_ID
P3697
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Crater
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Crater
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Moon
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Moon
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Earth
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Earth
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Ranger
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Ranger
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Ranger 7
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Ranger 7
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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1335
facet_when
1335
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facet_when:
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31 July 1964
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31 July 1964
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facet_when:
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July 28, 1964
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July 28, 1964
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facet_when:
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July 31, 1964
facet_when
July 31, 1964
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1964
facet_when_year
1964
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1335
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1335
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Image #:
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PIA02974
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02974
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02974
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