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Geologic map of the Lansberg P region of the Moon Lunar Orbiter Site III P-9, Oceanus Procellarum including Apollo landing site 7 (Apollo 12) Geologic map of the Lansberg P region of the Moon Lunar Orbiter Site III P-9, Oceanus Procellarum including Apollo landing site 7 (Apollo 12)

The Lansberg P region lies within a lowland area between Mare Cognitum and the main part of Oceanus Procellarum, about 135 km due south of the crater Reinhold. The Apollo 12 landing site is in the west-central part of the region and has been mapped in detail by Cannon (1969). Although the entire region is covered by cratered and rayed mare materials, the mare is almost entirely...

Geologic map of the Oppolzer A region of the Moon Lunar Orbiter Site II P-8, Sinus Medii including Apollo landing sites 3 and 3R Geologic map of the Oppolzer A region of the Moon Lunar Orbiter Site II P-8, Sinus Medii including Apollo landing sites 3 and 3R

The map shows the regional geology of the Oppolzer A region of the moon, where potential Apollo landing sites 3 and 3R are located. Site 3R includes a prominent mare ridge and is of greater scientific interest (Trask, 1969). The Oppolzer A region is in Sinus Medii, near the center of the lunar earthside hemisphere; it is also important because surveyor VI successfully landed near the...
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