FINAL COORDINATES ARE . . .

FINAL COORDINATES ARE . . .

Posted on Oct. 2, 2009 by Rickbaldridge
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Final LCROSS Centaur (Main Impactor) and Sheparding Spacecraft (SSC) target coordinates inside Cabeus Crater are:
   Centaur:  -84.675, 311.275 E
   SSC:  -84.729, 310.64 E

Elevations (Assumed Lunar radius: 1737.4 km):
   Centaur target elev: -3.82693 km
   SSC target elev: -3.80909 km

Impact Times:
   Centaur: 9 Oct 2009 11:31:30 UTC
   SSC: 9 Oct 2009 11:35:45 UTC

Note: These are nominal impact positions and times.  Actual impact
times based on TCM results may change slightly.

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