Investigation of Reflectance Distribution and Trend for the Double Ray Located in the Northwest of Tycho Crater
Analysis of lunar samples returned by the US Apollo missions revealed that the lunar highlands consist of anorthosite, plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine; also, the lunar maria are composed of materials such as basalt and ilmenite. More recently, the remote sensing approach has enabled reduction o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Space Science Society
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2015/v32n2/OJOOBS_2015_v32n2_161.pdf |
| Summary: | Analysis of lunar samples returned by the US Apollo missions revealed that the lunar highlands consist of anorthosite,
plagioclase, pyroxene, and olivine; also, the lunar maria are composed of materials such as basalt and ilmenite. More
recently, the remote sensing approach has enabled reduction of the time required to investigate the entire lunar surface,
compared to the approach of returning samples. Moreover, remote sensing has also made it possible to determine the
existence of specific minerals and to examine wide areas. In this paper, an investigation was performed on the reflectance
distribution and its trend. The results were applied to the example of the double ray stretched in parallel lines from the
Tycho crater to the third-quadrant of Mare Nubium. Basic research and background information for the investigation of
lunar surface characteristics is also presented. For this research, resources aboard the SELenological and ENgineering
Explorer (SELENE), a Japanese lunar probe, were used. These included the Multiband Imager (MI) in the Lunar Imager /
Spectrometer (LISM). The data of these instruments were edited through the toolkit, an image editing and analysis tool,
Exelis Visual Information Solution (ENVI). |
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| ISSN: | 2093-5587 2093-1409 |