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Apollo 16 Landing Site 
Trail Availability: Anytime if you can get there
Difficulty: Difficult
Trail Length: 10km to 30km
Trail Features: Sharp rocks, Steep ascents / descents, Crater crossing(s)
State: Light side of the moon
Trail start Longitude: 15.514444
Trail start Latitude: -8.991389



The landing site was selected as an area characteristic of both terra plains and rugged hilly and furrowed terra.During their 71 hours on the Moon, the Apollo 16 crew conducted three extravehicular activities totaling about 20.3 hours on the lunar surface. These EVAs included performing lunar rover traverses totaling 26.7 kilometers, collecting lunar samples at 11 sites, deploying or performing nine experiments, and examining and photographing the lunar surface.








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Climatic data for Apollo 16 Landing Site

 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max Temp °C86.4°86.5°86.2°85.0°83.3°84.0°82.3°86.0°80.2°79.7°75.7°84.5°
Mean Min Temp °C-113.5°-117.4°-117.4°-114.9°-122.1°-116.8°-112.5°-112.3°-118.1°-122.6°-124.2°-129.1°
Avg Rainfall mm0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Likelyhood of showers*35%32%26%6%3%0%0%0%0%3%13%26%
Weather data obtained from TYCHO, located 2635.9kms from Apollo 16 Landing Site
* Likelihood of meteor showers.



Last Updated ( Apr 01, 2008 at 06:32 PM )
 

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