84 South Project Description with Initial Validation Report

The 84 South Project attempts to process Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) DEM data to provide manageable polygonal terrain models of the 84 and 87 South Latitude of the Moon in OBJ formatted models of the South Pole cap along with the 13 Artemis landing regions at manageable resolutions and file sizes. The 84 South Project is a set of 3D polygonal models that represent the 84 latitude South Pole Cap of the Moon at 100 meter per pixel (mpp), and Artemis Landing Regions at 5 mpp. These models were created from publicly available Digital Elevation Map (DEM) data available at https://pgda.gsfc.nasa.gov/products/78.