The European Space Agency (ESA) has studied the performance of future space-based optical interferometers. Included was an analysis of a candidate design of a lunar surface instrument with a 5-km separation between the indivdual telescopes. The report predicted that observations on the Moon would be impeded by an incessant rain of micrometorites which would disrupt interferograms approximately every 7 seconds via seismic disturbances. Examination of 8 years of data from the Apollo seismic stations shows that a disruptive seismic event from a meteorite striking the Moon should occur no more than once a year at any given site.


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    Title :

    Effect of the Lunar Seismic Environment on a Moon-Based Optical Interferometer


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Sixth ASCE Specialty Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space ; 1998 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States


    Published in:

    Space 98 ; 451-461


    Publication date :

    1998-04-21




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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