The map covers the Moon’s north and south polar regions, bounded by +/-55° parallels. A key goal of the project was to map the landing site of the Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 and accidents on other missions, including the Russian Luna 25.
The study was carried out by employees of the Lunar and Planetary Geochemistry Laboratory of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the State Astronomy Institute of Moscow State University. The map is drawn at a scale of 1:11.5 million in polar stereographic projection. Lunar surface topography is depicted using multicolor hypsometric coloring and is complemented by analytical hill shading obtained from a digital model of LOLA laser altimeter data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The map shows the crash sites of various spacecraft, as well as major lunar formations, with Latin and Russian subtitles.
Source: Ferra
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