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Apollo landing site · 21 Apr 1972

Apollo 16

Landed21 Apr 1972
CrewYoung, Duke
Lat / lon-8.97°, 15.50°

Descartes highlands; first landing in the lunar highlands.

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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