Lunar Orbiter 1 due to stray sunlight) and overheating during its cruise to the Moon. The star tracker problem was resolved by navigating using the Moon as a reference, and the overheating was abated by orienting the spacecraft 36 degrees off-Sun to lower the temperature. Lunar Orbiter 1 was injected into an elliptical near-equatorial lunar orbit 92.1 hours after launch. The initial orbit was and had a period of 3 hours 37 minutes and an inclination of 12.2 degrees. On August 21, perilune was dropped to and on August 25 to . The spacecraft acquired photographic data from August 18 to 29, 1966,
Adhik Maas "adhika"; "maal", "māla"; "maas", "maasa", "mās", "māsa", "mas", "mass". This is the thirteenth month of the lunar calendar. Adhik Maas adopts the name of the month that follows. Purushottam Maas is considered inauspicious and no activities like weddings or moving into a new house are conducted. It is a time for prayer, fasting, charity, and self-improvement. According to "Vasishtha Siddhantha" (the treatise of Vasishtha), Purushottam Maas or the extra lunar month occurs after every 32 months, 16 days and 8 "ghati". (A "ghati" is th of a sidereal day, approximately 24 minutes, so 8 "ghati" is about 3 hours.) In