| The subject of this page and the focus for the images above are
actually two-fold: The 58-km crater Cavelerius and the landing site of
the Russian probe Luna
9. A cropped version of the Rukl Chart is provided:
Chart
28. Cavalerius is the larger crater in the upper left image. The
Lunar Orbiter view (right, top) is an overhead view of Cavalerius
and the upper part of Hevelius (which is at the bottom). The
three hills or "boulder-like" features at the top mark the location
of Luna 9, the site being just to the NE of the second hill. This
Russian probe was the first soft-landing made on the Moon!!! And Luna 8
landed further north and the TD site can also be seen in Chart
28 . |
