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M 3 is an imaging spectrometer that provided the first high-resolution spatial and spectral map of the entire lunar surface, revealing the minerals of which it is made. This information will both provide clues to the early development of the Solar System and guide future astronauts to stores of precious resources.
English: This image shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012. Very precise microwave measurements between two spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were used to map gravity with high precision and high spatial ...
In February 2012, the Chinese government released a complete lunar map constructed from Chang'e 2's data, claiming that it was the highest-resolution map of the entire Moon yet recorded. [29] The full dataset, including the map with resolutions of 7, 20 and 50 m, and elevations model with resolutions of 20 and 50 m, is available for free ...
Data gathered by Chang'e 1 was used to create an accurate and high resolution 3-D map of the lunar surface. [9] Chang'e 1 was the first lunar probe to conduct passive, multi-channel, microwave remote sensing of the Moon by using a microwave radiometer. [10] Its sister orbital probe Chang'e 2 was launched on 1 October 2010. [11]
Based on high-resolution photographs taken by the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft, and photos and data taken by the uncrewed Surveyor landers, this list was narrowed down to five sites located near the lunar equator. They ranged between 45 degrees east and west, and 5 degrees north and south of the center of the Moon's facing side.
There are two scientific instruments on the Lunar Trailblazer satellite, totaling 20 kg. The High Resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM 3) will gather and map shortwave infrared spectral data of the lunar surface. Simultaneously, Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM) will acquire midwave infrared data. [3]
These are thus among the youngest deposits of basaltic lava on the Moon, and are believed to be less than 1 billion years in age based on high-resolution crater statistics of the thin superposed lava flow. [2] The most recent lunar geologic map (2020) identifies the older mare next to Lichtenberg as being as Upper Imbrian. [3]
Eight high-resolution images of Copernicus by Lunar Orbiter 5: V-150, V-151, V-152, V-153, V-154, V-155, V-156, V-157; Dark Wisps in Copernicus - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter pages with images; High resolution video by Seán Doran of an overflight of Copernicus, based on LRO data (see album for more) Copernicus crater from Apollo 17