The Vikram lander has been found, but the odds that it is in working condition are long. Doppler data indicate it landed at more than 110 miles per hour.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/science/india-chandrayaan-2-vikram.html …
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Replying to @kchangnyt
IF the lander is intact & titled, as stated, it is highly unlikely that is came down, presumably with some horizontal velocity component at 110 mph. Those two things are in conflict with eachother. Doppler data is good for state changes not precise trajectory reconstruction.
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Replying to @Doctor_Astro
The ISRO statement does not say intact and tilted. (Only an unnamed official said that.) We haven’t seen any photos from the orbiter at 100 km.
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Replying to @kchangnyt @Doctor_Astro
For the record
@kchangnyt is reporting on#Vikram using the most accurate and verifiable information available to him - and to the rest of us - as he always does.#CY2Chronicles#Chandrayaan2#ISRO1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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