| Hiten Crash Site |
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Trail Availability: If you can find it, use it!
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: -111.882500 Trail start Latitude: 40.769203 The very last fuel was used to have the spacecraft, whose orbit was decaying after almost two months in lunar orbit, crash into the lunar surface on 10 April 1993 at 18:03:25.7 UT (11 April 03:03:25.7 JST) at 55.6 E, 34.3 S. With this event Japan became the third country to have one of its oblects on the moon. This place will most likely be filled with japanesse tourists taking happy snaps, so please be careful if you ever manage to wheel this trail. Trail added by Daniel Report Trail Changes, send a GPS Trail file, or send a Photo Download Trail to a GPS file (BETA) Add to my FavouritesDriver Trail Log
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Climatic data for Hiten Crash Site
Weather data obtained from HERCULES, located 257kms from Hiten Crash Site * Likelihood of meteor showers.
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