Using Lunar Orbiter images to identify unfamiliar limb features on the Moon
Abstract
The Orbiter photography is still of great value today, nearly 30 years later, in analysing lunar topography. This paper is a report of an investigation the writer has made, using Orbiter data, to determine the nature of a feature observed in the western libration area near Schickard. This feature does not so far appear to be separately identified, yet it covers a large area and is a distinctive object at lunar sunrise, when it may easily be seen through a small telescope.
- Publication:
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Journal of the British Astronomical Association
- Pub Date:
- October 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994JBAA..104..215C
- Keywords:
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- LUNAR TOPOGRAPHY