Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter appear to show separate chunks of debris.
Before and after comparison of the impact site of the private Japanese Hakuto-R moon lander, which attempted to touch down on April 25, 2023. Arrow A points to a prominent surface change with higher reflectance in the upper left and lower reflectance in the lower right . Arrows B-D point to other changes around the impact site.
On April 26, LRO acquired 10 images around the landing site with its Narrow Angle Cameras , and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera science team set about searching for the lost lander. Images published by the LROC team on Tuesday show at least four prominent pieces of debris and several small changes on the lunar surface at 47.581 degrees north latitude and 44.094 degrees east longitude, according to a team"The central feature in the image above shows several bright pixels in the upper left and several dark pixels in the lower right.
"This site will be analyzed more over the coming months as LROC has the opportunity to reimage the site under various lighting and viewing geometries."
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