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Apollo landing site · 30 Jul 1971

Apollo 15

Landed30 Jul 1971
CrewScott, Irwin
Lat / lon26.13°, 3.63°

Hadley–Apennine; first Lunar Roving Vehicle; the "Genesis Rock".

Lunar laser ranging to Apollo retroreflectors tests gravity to high precision, the same physics that predicts where a Planet Nine would have to be. Marker position is to scale on the Moon; the Moon itself is enlarged.

Sources

  1. NASA: Apollo landing sites (LRO)
  2. LPI: Apollo landing site coordinates
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