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- Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:22 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar... (2012 Dec 13)
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Re: APOD: Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar... (2012 Dec 1
What I did not understand in this picture ia, how come the command module be seen below the lunar module? Can anyone please explain? Thank you. This is entirely possible. Shortly before landing, the CSM was in a circular lunar orbit. The LM entered a elliptical descent orbit, with the perilune appr...