Online Astronomy eText: Satellites (Moons)
Pictures of the Moon: Lunar Orbiter Image of Copernicus Link for sharing this page on Facebook
         A portion of a Lunar Orbiter image of Copernicus crater taken in the mid 1960's. This image was recovered in 2007 from decades-old videotape which had been destined for a landfill. It shows the central peaks and (collapsed) terraced walls of the crater in great detail. (USGS, JPL, NASA)