SIXTEEN MILES ABOVE THE MOON.—Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, California, said that this picture of the moon’s surface, made by Ranger VII, shows an area of 16 miles on a side with craters as small as 15ft wide. The central area is occupied by an outlying ray of the crater Copernicus, containing many secondary craters. North is at the top.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30512, 6 August 1964, Page 8
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63SIXTEEN MILES ABOVE THE MOON.—Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, California, said that this picture of the moon’s surface, made by Ranger VII, shows an area of 16 miles on a side with craters as small as 15ft wide. The central area is occupied by an outlying ray of the crater Copernicus, containing many secondary craters. North is at the top. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30512, 6 August 1964, Page 8
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