Surveyor V landed in a small crater, 8.5 meters wide and 12.5 meters long, which was probably formed by drainage of surficial fragmental debris into a subsurface fissure. The lunar surface debris layer is exposed in the walls of this crater. At depths below about 10 centimeters, the debris appears to be composed mainly of shock-compressed aggregates, ranging from a few millimeters up to 3 centimeters in diameter, set in a matrix of less-coherent finer particles. Rocky chips and fragments larger than a millimeter are dispersed as a subordinate constituent of the debris.
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Shoemaker, E. M., Batson, R. M., Holt, H. E., Morris, E. C., Rennilson, J. J., & Whitaker, E. A. (1967). Surveyor V: Television pictures. Science, 642–652. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.158.3801.642
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