File:Vetchinkin crater AS16-M-2698.jpg

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English: Vetchinkin, on the far side of the moon. Object at right is the gamma-ray spectrometer of the spacecraft. Sun elevation 5 deg. (at left), spacecraft altitude 101 km.
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Image Name: AS16-M-2698

Mission: Apollo 16 Revolution (Orbit): 60 Camera: Mapping/Metric Exposure: 00:00:00.035 Camera Tilt: VERT Sun Elevation: 5.0° Features: VETCHINKIN Film Type: 3400

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Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. (Original text: Apollo 16 Mapping camera image, unedited except for rotation.
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Immediate source: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Apollo Image Atlas
Mapping Camera Image Catalog, Apollo 16, AS16-M-2698
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This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS16-M-2698.

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2014-07-30 17:03 2405×2400× (3590231 bytes) Jstuby {{Information |Description = [[Vetchinkin (crater)]], on the far side of the moon. Object at right is the gamma-ray spectrometer of the spacecraft. Sun elevation 5 deg. (at left), spacecraft altitude 101 km. |Source = [[Apollo 16]] Mapping camera ima...

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