Local Lunar Topography from the Apollo 17 Alse Radar Imagery and Altimetry
Abstract
The Apollo 17 ALSE VHF radar provided imagery and continuous profiling data around the Moon during two revolutions. The imagery data are used to derive depth and diameter measurements of small craters (diameter <30 km). The profiling data are used to study the topography of a few large craters: the bulged floors in Hevelius, Neper, and Aitken; central peaks in Neper and Buisson; and the depressed floor of Maraldi. The same data provided accurate (better than 25 m) profiles of Mare Crisium and Mare Serenitatis.
- Publication:
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Moon
- Pub Date:
- March 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00562476
- Bibcode:
- 1976Moon...15..119E
- Keywords:
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- Apollo 17 Flight;
- Lunar Topography;
- Radar Imagery;
- Radio Altimeters;
- Depth Measurement;
- Lunar Craters;
- Lunar Maria;
- Remote Sensors;
- Satellite-Borne Radar;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration