Estimates of the Moon's Geometry Using Lunar Orbiter Imagery and Apollo Laser Altimeter Data

Estimates of the Moon's Geometry Using Lunar Orbiter Imagery and Apollo Laser Altimeter Data
Author: Ruben L. Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1973
Genre: Moon
ISBN:

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Selenographic coordinates for about 6000 lunar points identified on the Lunar Orbiter photographs are tabulated and have been combined with those lunar radii derived from the Apollo 15 laser altimeter data. These coordinates were used to derive that triaxial ellipsoid which best fits the Moon's irregular surface. Fits where obtained for different constraints on both the axial orientations and the displacement of the center of the ellipsoid. The semiaxes for the unconstrained ellipsoid were a = 1737.6 km, b = 1735.6 km, and c = 1735.0 km which correspond to a mean radius of about 1736.1 km. These axes were found to be nearly parallel to the Moon's principal axes of inertia, and the origin was displaced about 2.0 km from the Moon's center of gravity in a direction away from the Earth and to the south of the lunar equator.

NASA Technical Report

NASA Technical Report
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 912
Release: 1972
Genre: Aerodynamics
ISBN:

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New Worlds for Old

New Worlds for Old
Author: Duncan Lunan
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1979
Genre: Science
ISBN:

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Reexamines the voyages and explorations--manned and unmanned--that have substantially increased man's understanding of the planets and satellites in our solar system, emphasizing the vital role they play in earth's future

Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon

Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon
Author: Charles Byrne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2010-03-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1846281547

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Removes the scanning artefacts and transmission imperfections to produce a most comprehensive and beautifully detailed set of images of the lunar surface. To help practical astronomers, all the photographs are systematically related to an Earth-based view. Organized to make it easy for astronomers to use, enabling ground-based images and views to be compared with the Orbiter photographs.