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Luna 16 Landing site 
Trail Availability: Always Open
Difficulty: Difficult
Trail Length: Less than 2 km
Trail Features: Sharp rocks, Steep ascents / descents, Crater crossing(s)
State: Light side of the moon
Trail start Longitude: -93.201767
Trail start Latitude: 43.146221



Luna 16 was the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return a sample to Earth and represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and the third overall, following the Apollo 11 and 12 missions. If you were a geologist this site should mean something but, if not you should be looking at 4x4earth.com




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Climatic data for Luna 16 Landing site

 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max Temp °C87.3°86.0°86.0°84.0°83.0°83.0°82.0°82.0°80.0°79.6°77.9°82.3°
Mean Min Temp °C-114.4°-116.4°-117.0°-104.1°-121.1°-114.8°-114.9°-112.1°-119.3°-121.5°-126.8°-128.2°
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 SEA OF TRANQUILITY, located 418.7kms from Luna 16 Landing site
* Likelihood of meteor showers.



 

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