Geodesy and cartography of the Martian satellitesThe difficulties connected with conventional maps of Phobos and Deimos are largely overcome by producing maps in digital forms, i.e., by projecting Viking Orbiter images onto a global topographic model made from collections of radii derived by photogrammetry. The resulting digital mosaics are then formatted as arrays of body-centered latitudes, longitudes, radii, and brightness values of Viking Orbiter images. The Phobos mapping described was done with Viking Orbiter data. Significant new coverage was obtained by the Soviet Phobos mission. The mapping of Deimos is in progress, using the techniques developed for Phobos.
Document ID
19930043891
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Batson, R. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Edwards, Kathleen (USGS Flagstaff, AZ, United States)