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Dave E. Smith
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Small all-Range Lidar (SALI) for Topographic Mapping and Altimetry Across the Solar System
CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS VI ELIGHTNING
planetary sciences | 12 december 2024
Daniel Cremons, Xiaoli Sun, Erwan Mazarico, David ...
Space lidars have contributed foundational knowledge of solid bodies in the solar system, including the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and several asteroids. Or...
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A More Detailed Look at the Illumination Conditions near the Lunar South Pole
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE—EXPLORATION VII ORAL
planetary sciences | 12 december 2024
Erwan Mazarico, Michael K. Barker, Stefano Bertone...
The Moon has been locked in a Cassini state for billions of years, and its long-lived obliquity has resulted in permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) th...
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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
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE—EXPLORATION III POSTER
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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Updated LOLA Topography of the Lunar North and South Poles
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE—EXPLORATION III POSTER
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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A New View of the Lunar North and South Polar Regions from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE—EXPLORATION III POSTER
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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Laser ranging from LRO-LOLA to laser retro-reflector arrays on the lunar surface
TO THE MOON: A NEW ERA OF LUNAR SCIENCE—EXPLORATION III POSTER
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...
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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