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Lander on the Moon

Chang'e 3

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A Chinese lander and rover, in Mare Imbrium.

At the Moon.

Measured

Landed
2013-12-14
Agency
CNSA
Where
44.121°N, 19.512°W on the Moon

How far, from the Earth

403,000 km. To cross it:

  • Light1.34 seconds
  • Voyager 1's speed6 hours 38 minutes
  • Driving at 100 km/h5.52 months

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Status: landed with the Yutu rover; operating status not verified.

Where this comes from

  • LROC (lroc.im-ldi.com/images/637): 44.1214°N, 340.4884°E, from LRO NAC before/after images.
  • Apollo sites: NSSDCA (NASA) from LRO images, Wagner et al. 2017. Other Moon sites: LROC, Wagner et al. 2017. Chang'e sites: LROC, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. Mars: NASA/JPL-Caltech; InSight: Golombek et al. 2020.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.