My location for Luna 17 was too far west but was not ruled out by the laser data. Here is my LPSC abstract on it from 2005:
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1194.pdf
I was contacted by the team trying to get new detections from Lunokhod 1:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.5720
With a small footprint and a very narrow range gate (see the second link) the uncertainty made the reflector very hard to detect, and my error wasted some of their time. Only when LRO found the rover did they succeed. #moon #luna17 #lunokhod1