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| ID No : | 609 Edit | Title: | LROC Targeting of Lunar Domes, Cones, and Associated Volcanic Features |
| Summary / Review : | "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) is one of seven instruments aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The first year of the LRO mission is focused on exploration objectives enabling future human exploration and utilization of the Moon; it is expected that the nominal exploration mission will be followed by a multi-year extended mission with a focus on scientific objectives. The LROC cameras are ideally suited to these tasks with the two Narrow-Angle Camera (NACs) providing approximately 0.5m/pix resolution in a combined 5x25-km swath, and the Wide-Angle Camera (WAC) providing approximately 100m/pix resolution in five VIS bands and approximately 400m/pix in two UV bands with 60-km wide footprints (in color imaging mode) for context imaging and composition [1]. Occasional stereo image sets (both geometric and photometric) are possible with the NACs but will be limited to select sites due operational constraints [2]. Domes, cones, and associated volcanic features (e.g., sinuous rilles, depressions, vents, and collapsed lava tubes) are important as potential exploration sites, in part because of the potential for resources associated with these features, and because they represent a high-viscosity volcanic end-member that may yield information about the volcanic history of the Moon. Several prominent domes (e.g., Marius Hills, Gruithuisen Domes, and Rumker Hills) appear on the preliminary Project Constellation (Cx) "Priority 1" targeting list as possible sites for future human exploration [3]." (Author's abstract) |
| Author(s) : |
Stopar, J. D.; Hawke, B. R.; Lawrence, S. J.; Robinson, M. S.; Giguere, T.; Gaddis, L. R.; Jolliff, B. L., [NASA (Unspecified Center)] |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Category(s) : |
Exploration and resources / Lunar / Probes / LRO and LCROSS |
| Web URL : |
http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110012772
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| NTRS : | 20110012772 |
| Submitted by : | MEP |
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