Jawahar Point

Jawahar Point or Jawahar Sthal is a region near the Shackleton Crater where the Moon Impact Probe struck the surface of the Moon.[1] It was named to mark the event of the Moon Impact Probe striking the lunar surface after being released from India's first lunar orbiter mission Chandrayaan-1 as it was designed to do. The Moon Impact Probe crash-landed on the lunar surface on 14 November 2008, the birthday of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, near the Shackleton crater.[2][3] The location of the MIP impact is 89.76°S 39.40°W / -89.76; -39.40.[4]

Moon Impact Probe being integrated with Chandrayaan-1 orbiter
Moon Impact Probe being worked on before integration with orbiter

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References
  1. "Images of the Moon from Chandrayaan-1" (PDF). vedas.sac.gov.in. Space Applications Centre (ISRO). 2011. p. 102. ISBN 978-81-909978-3-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. "Chandrayaan-1:The Exciting Journey to Moon". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. "Did India beat NASA to find water on moon?". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. "Information furnished in conformity with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space" (PDF). UNOOSA. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.


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