Chang'e-3, along with the semi-autonomous lunar rover "Yutu," have landed in northwestern Mare Imbrium, perhaps intentionally near a border between distinct basalt types.
The view of the originally targeted landing area, from LRO and at local sunrise, in a view cropped from an LROC WAC mosaic prepared by Maurice Collins, featured as Lunar Picture of the Day (LPOD), August 15, 2012. |
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The View from Earth of an informally announced target zone near Laplace A - Closing in on Sinus Iridum, familiar embayment on the northwestern edge of Mare Imbrium, from an excellent color photography of the Moon taken April 6, 2009. (See the full-sized color mosaic, showing the area of interest under lighting conditions similar to those at the anticipated time of the Chang'e-3 landing attempt, HERE.) [Astronominsk]. |
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