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Television picture taken by Ranger IX prior to impact on March 24, 1965 at 06 08 20 PST. View with shadows to the left. North is at the top. Frame #110 frames from the last. Camera B. Time 9 minutes 18 seconds before impact. Spacecraft altitude above Moon is 775 miles. Dimensions 147 miles by 123 miles. Remarks: Shows slightly more than half of the three major craters; Ptolemasus at the top with central peak, Aphonsus on the left with rile system and a central peak that rises 3,300 feet above floor and Albategnius with 4,500 feet central peak.