Ranger 4 - 4x4 Moon for 4WD Tracks

Ranger 4

Trail Availability: If you can find it, it is open
Difficulty: Very Difficult
Trail Length: Less than 2 km
Trail Features: Sharp rocks, Steep ascents / descents, Crater crossing(s)
State: Dark side of the moon
Trail start Longitude: -130.699997
Trail start Latitude: -15.500000

Ranger 4 had a onboard computer failure, which caused failure of the deployment of the solar panels and navigation systems; as a result the spacecraft impacted on the far side of the Moon without returning any scientific data.

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Climatic data for Ranger 4

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Mean Max Temp °C

86.3°

86.5°

86.4°

85.0°

83.5°

84.0°

82.3°

86.0°

80.2°

79.7°

75.7°

84.5°

Mean Min Temp °C

-114.5°

-117.4°

-118.0°

-114.1°

-122.1°

-116.8°

-112.5°

-113.3°

-118.1°

-122.6°

-124.2°

-129.1°

Avg Rainfall mm

0.0

Likelyhood of showers*

35%

32%

26%

13%

26%

Weather data obtained from HERCULES, located 1640.8kms from Ranger 4

* Likelihood of meteor showers.

Last Updated ( Apr 01, 2008 at 02:27 AM )