Lunar position differences between thirteen craters in Mare Serenitatis were computed from VHF radar-imagery obtained by the Lunar Sounder instrument flown on the Apollo 17 command module. The radar-derived position differences agree with those obtained by conventional photogrammetric reductions of Apollo metric photography. This demonstrates the feasibility of using the Apollo Lunar Sounder data to determine the positions of lunar features along the Apollo 17 orbital tracks. This will be particularly useful for western limb and farside areas, where no Apollo metric camera pictures are available.


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    Title :

    Lunar cartography with the Apollo 17 ALSE radar imagery


    Contributors:
    Tiernan, M. (author) / Roth, L. (author) / Thompson, T. W. (author) / Elachi, C. (author) / Brown, W. E., Jr. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1976-02-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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