USGS1 <-- First line must begin with these five characters * Note: the present list includes only the object with roughly known * landing/impact sites. There are many other objects that impacted * as a result of natural orbit decay. They are omitted since their * locations are unknown. * Main list of locations of man-made objects on the Moon is from Roncoli (2005) * Ralph B. Roncoli. 2005. Lunar Constants and Models Document. JPL Technical Document D-32296 * Tables B-1 and B-3 * available at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?lunar_doc * SMART-1 impact site added from: * http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEMBY5BVLRE_0.html * Chandrayaan-1 Moon Impact Probe -- reportedly in Shackleton * http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111560851200.htm * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Impact_Probe * Chang'e-1 impact site added from: * http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/01/content_10923205.htm * SELENE Rstar (Okina) from: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_the_Moon * http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/02/20090218_sac_kaguya.pdf * Kaguya (main spacecraft) approximate impact site from: * http://www.kaguya.jaxa.jp/en/communication/KAGUYA_Lunar_Impact_e.htm * LCROSS impact sites from: * http://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation/web/lcross-faq#3 * Positions corrected based on LRO photos as listed at: * http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/210-LROC-Coordinates-of-Robotic-Spacecraft.html * Prepared by Jim Mosher (jimmosher@yahoo.com); Rev: 14 Apr 2010 * Flag, Mission, Latitude, East Long,Diam, FT Code, Date (UTC) x,Apollo 11,0.67,23.47,0,LF, 20 Jul 1969 x,Apollo 12,-3.01,336.58,0,LF, 19 Nov 1969 x,Apollo 12 LM-AS,-3.94,338.8,0,LF, 20 Nov 1969 *x,Apollo 13 S-IVB,-2.75,332.14,0,LF, 15 Apr 1970 x,Apollo 13 S-IVB,-2.553,332.113,0,LF, 15 Apr 1970, LRO update x,Apollo 14,-3.65,342.53,0,LF, 5 Feb 1971 x,Apollo 14 LM-AS,-3.42,340.33,0,LF, 7 Feb 1971 *x,Apollo 14 S-IVB,-8.09,333.98,0,LF, 4 Feb 1971 x,Apollo 14 S-IVB,-8.179,333.969,0,LF, 4 Feb 1971, LRO update x,Apollo 15,26.13,3.63,0,LF, 30 Jul 1971 x,Apollo 15 LM-AS,26.36,0.25,0,LF, 3 Aug 1971 *x,Apollo 15 S-IVB,-1.51,348.19,0,LF, 29 Jul 1971 x,Apollo 15 S-IVB,-1.288,348.176,0,LF, 29 Jul 1971, LRO update x,Apollo 16,-8.97,15.5,0,LF, 21 Apr 1972 x,Apollo 16 S-IVB,1.3,336.2,0,LF, 19 Apr 1972 x,Apollo 16 Sub-Satellite,10.16,111.94,0,LF, 29 May 1972 x,Apollo 17,20.19,30.77,0,LF, 11 Dec 1972 x,Apollo 17 LM-AS,19.96,30.5,0,LF, 15 Dec 1972 *x,Apollo 17 S-IVB,-4.21,347.69,0,LF, 10 Dec 1972 x,Apollo 17 S-IVB,-4.167,347.670,0,LF, 10 Dec 1972, LRO update x,Chang'e-1, -1.50, 52.36, 0, LF, 1 Mar 2009 x,Hiten 10,-34.3,55.6,0,LF, Apr 1993 x,Kaguya,-65.5,80.4,0,LF, 10 June 2009 18:25 UT x,LCROSS Centaur rocket,-84.675,311.275,0,LF, 9 Oct 2009 11:31:30 UTC x,LCROSS Shepherding spacecraft,-84.729, 310.64,0,LF, 9 Oct 2009 11:35:45 UTC x,Luna 2,29.1,0,0,LF, 13 Sep 1959 x,Luna 5,-31,352,0,LF, 12 May 1965 x,Luna 7,9,311,0,LF, 7 Oct 1965 x,Luna 8,9.13,296.7,0,LF, 6 Dec 1965 x,Luna 9,7.13,295.63,0,LF, 3 Feb 1966 x,Luna 13,18.87,297.95,0,LF, 24 Dec 1966 x,Luna 15,17,60,0,LF, 21 Jul 1969 *x,Luna 16,-0.68,56.3,0,LF, 20 Sep 1970 x,Luna 16,-0.513,56.364,0,LF, 20 Sep 1970, LRO update *x,Luna 17,38.213,324.803,0,LF, 17 Nov 1970 x,Luna 17,38.238,325.003,0,LF, 17 Nov 1970, LRO update *x,Lunokhod 1 Rover,38.287,324.81,0,LF, x,Lunokhod 1 Rover,38.316,324.996,0,LF, LRO update *x,Luna 18,3.57,56.5,0,LF, 11 Sep 1971 x,Luna 18,3.760,56.655,0,LF, 11 Sep 1971,Preliminary LRO position *x,Luna 20,3.53,56.55,0,LF, 21 Feb 1972 x,Luna 20,3.787,56.625,0,LF, 21 Feb 1972, LRO update *x,Luna 21,25.85,30.45,0,LF, 15 Jan 1973 x,Luna 21,26.003,30.408,0,LF, 15 Jan 1973, LRO update *x,Lunokhod 2 Rover,25.83,30.92,0,LF, x,Lunokhod 2 Rover,25.827,30.919,0,LF, LRO update *x,Luna 23,13,62,0,LF, 06 Nov 1974 x,Luna 23,12.666,62.151,0,LF, 06 Nov 1974, LRO update *x,Luna 24,12.75,62.2,0,LF, 18 Aug 1976 x,Luna 24,12.714,62.213,0,LF, 18 Aug 1976, LRO update x,Lunar Orbiter 1,6.7,162,0,LF, 29 Oct 1966 x,Lunar Orbiter 2,-4,98,0,LF, 11 Oct 1967 x,Lunar Orbiter 3,14.6,268.3,0,LF, 9 Oct 1967 x,Lunar Orbiter 5,-2.79,277,0,LF, 31 Jan 1968 x,Lunar Prospector,-87.7,42,0,LF, 31 Jul 1999 x,Moon Impact Probe, -89.645, 134.0, 0, LF, 14 Nov 2008 x,Ranger 4,-15.5,229.3,0,LF, 26 Apr 1962 *x,Ranger 6,9.33,21.52,0,LF, 2 Feb 1964 x,Ranger 6,9.388,21.480,0,LF, 2 Feb 1964, LRO update x,Ranger 7,-10.7,339.33,0,LF, 31 Jul 1964 *x,Ranger 8,2.71,24.81,0,LF, 20 Feb 1965 x,Ranger 8,2.638,24.787,0,LF, 20 Feb 1965, LRO update *x,Ranger 9,-12.91,357.62,0,LF, 24 Mar 1965 x,Ranger 9,-12.828,357.613,0,LF, 24 Mar 1965, LRO update x,SELENE Rstar (Okina),28.213,200.967,0,LF, 12 February 2009 10:46 UTC x,Smart-1,-34.4,-46.2,0,LF, 3 Sep 2006 *x,Surveyor 1,-2.44,316.66,0,LF, 02 Jun 1966 x,Surveyor 1,-2.474,316.661,0,LF, 02 Jun 1966, LRO update x,Surveyor 2,5.5,348,0,LF, 23 Sep 1966 *x,Surveyor 3,-3.0159,336.5822,0,LF, 20 Apr 1967 x,Surveyor 3,-3.015,336.582,0,LF, 20 Apr 1967, LRO update x,Surveyor 4,0.4,358.67,0,LF, 17 Jul 1967 *x,Surveyor 5,1.49,23.2,0,LF, 11 Sep 1967 x,Surveyor 5,1.461,23.195,0,LF, 11 Sep 1967, LRO update *x,Surveyor 6,0.42,358.62,0,LF, 10 Nov 1967 x,Surveyor 6,0.473,358.573,0,LF, 10 Nov 1967, LRO update *x,Surveyor 7,-41.01,348.59,0,LF, 10 Jan 1968 x,Surveyor 7,-40.980,348.491,0,LF, 10 Jan 1968, LRO update