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[b]Chang'e 4 Lander Coordinates[/b] Chang'e 4 safely set down on the plains of Von Kármán crater last week (3 January 2019). Soon thereafter a color image of the immediate surroundings was relayed back to the Earth from the farside! [i][b]Above[/b]: Following the Chang'e 4 descent frames (CNSA/CLEP) to the surface makes it easy to find the exact landing spot in a NAC image, which was taken before the landing. Note that the NAC image is rotated so north is down to match the Chang'e 4 frames. NAC M1298916428LR.[/i] (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) The prominent crater (about 25 meter diameter) in front of the lander can be seen just below and to the left of the bottom arrow (below). [i][b]Above[/b]: The Chang'e 4 spacecraft set down between the two arrows at 45.457 degrees South, 177.589 degrees East, plus or minus 20 meters. Full resolution (80 cm pixel scale) NAC image M1298916428LR, acquired on 8 December 2018 (before the landing), note that image is rotated 180 degrees relative to the opening images, north is up. Image width is 880 meters.[/i] (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) Explore more of the area around the landing site; same image as above, but more of it (80 cm pixels) here.
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