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3D Moon Explorer · NASA LROC color
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Shackleton
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Chang'e 6
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88°48'S 123°24'E
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42S 206E
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LROC color
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References
Unified Geologic Map of the Moon (USGS SIM 3316) ↗
NASA SVS — CGI Moon Kit (LROC color) ↗
NASA SVS — LRO Moon 3D Models (topography) ↗
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Orbit type
Low lunar
Earth–Moon L2
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Semi-major axis
3000 km
Eccentricity
0.10
Inclination i
45°
Ascending node Ω
0°
Arg. of periapsis ω
0°
True anomaly ν
0°
Parks the satellite in a halo around the Earth–Moon L2 point, ~61,500 km beyond the far side. From here it can watch the hemisphere that never faces Earth.
Halo amplitude
25000 km
Halo family
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Halo phase
0°
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