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Local lunar topography from the Apollo 17 ALSE radar imagery and altimetryThe Apollo 17 ALSE (Apollo Lunar Sounder Experiment) VHF radar provided imagery and continuous profiling data around the moon during two revolutions. The imagery data are used to derive depth and diameter measurements of small craters (diameters less than 30 km). The profiling data are used to study the topography of a few large craters: the bulged floors in Hevelius, Neper, and Aitken; central peaks in Neper and Buisson; and the depressed floor of Maraldi. The same data provided accurate (better than 25 m) profiles of Mare Crisium and Mare Serenitatis.
Document ID
19760045318
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Elachi, C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kobrick, M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Roth, L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Tiernan, M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brown, W. E., Jr.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Sciences Div., Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: The Moon
Volume: 15
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
76A28284
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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