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A New View of the Lunar North and South Polar Regions from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Michael K. Barker, Erwan Mazarico, Gregory A. Neum...
Topographic maps are crucial to understanding the geologic history of the polar regions and the processes operating on and below the surface, as well ...
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Updated LOLA Topography of the Lunar North and South Poles
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
David E. Smith, Maria T. Zuber, Michael K. Barker,...
New topographic maps of the lunar north and south poles have been developed from the most recent improvements of the LOLA altimetry. These maps, which...
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Near-Infrared Photometry of the Moon’s Surface with the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) During the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Extended Science Mission 5
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Ryan T. Walker, Michael K. Barker, Erwan Mazarico,...
Photometry, the analysis of surface reflectance changes under different illumination and viewing conditions, is a useful tool for revealing properties...
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The Magnetometer on the Psyche Mission: Initial in-flight performance assessment and implications to the science objectives
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Jose M. Merayo, Benjamin P. Weiss, Jodie B. Ream, ...
The hypothesis that asteroid (16) Psyche formed from the core of a differentiated planetesimal is one of the objectives of the Psyche mission (launche...
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Laser ranging from LRO-LOLA to laser retro-reflector arrays on the lunar surface
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 11 december 2024
Dandan Mao, Michael K. Barker, Erwan Mazarico, Gae...
The Apollo astronauts deployed three large laser retro-reflector arrays (LRAs) on the Moon over 50 years ago. Since then, international space agencies...
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The South Pole‐Aitken Basin: Constraints on Impact Excavation, Melt, and Ejecta
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
22 july 2024
Robert I. Citron, David E. Smith, Sarah T. Stewart...
The formation and evolution of the South Pole‐Aitken (SPA) basin is critical to relating large impact basin formation and modification to lun...
Gravity and Geology of the Lunar South Polar Region
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE —GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS II POSTER
planetary sciences | 11 december 2023
David E. Smith, Sander J. Goossens, James W. Head,...
Recent lunar gravity field models have resolutions that might enable limited interpretation of the top 5 km of the lunar crust with possible geologica...
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Near-Infrared Photometry of the Moon’s Surface with Passive Radiometry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE —GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS II POSTER
planetary sciences | 11 december 2023
Ryan T. Walker, Michael K. Barker, Erwan Mazarico,...
Photometry, the analysis of surface reflectance changes under different illumination and viewing conditions, is a useful tool for characterizing the n...
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