Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:metriccam.a17c::1.1
NAME APOLLO 17 METRIC (MAPPING) CAMERA
TYPE IMAGER
DESCRIPTION The Apollo 17 Metric (Mapping) Camera obtained high-quality metric photographs, on black and white film, with high geometric precision of the lunar surface from lunar orbit combined with time-correlated stellar photography for selenodetic/cartographic control. A laser altimeter was operated with it. The Metric Camera also provided supporting photographic data for the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) Panoramic Camera and other Command Service Module (CSM) photographic experiments. Approximately 2350 of the 3298 Apollo 17 Metric Camera frames contain imagery of the lunar surface.
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REFERENCES Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-330, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1973.

Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook, NASA Technical Memorandum X-58131, JSC-09166, published by NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, Aug. 1974.

Cameron, W.S., E.J. Mantel, and E.R. Miller, Catalog of Lunar Mission Data, NASA Technical Memorandum X-72612, NSSDC 77-02, published by NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), Greenbelt, Maryland, July 1977.

Cameron, W.S., F.J. Doyle, L. Levenson, and K. Michlovitz, Data User's Note - Apollo 17 Lunar Photography, NASA Technical Memorandum X-72535, NSSDC 74-08, published by NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), Greenbelt, Maryland, July December 1974.