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 Template:Coord.[4]
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- ↑ Images of the Moon from Chandrayaan-1{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Space Applications Centre (ISRO)(2011). ISBN 978-81-909978-3-6
- ↑ Chandrayaan-1:The Exciting Journey to Moon. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
- ↑ Did India beat NASA to find water on moon?. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Information furnished in conformity with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. UNOOSA(10 November 2009). Retrieved 28 March 2019.