The Clementine Mission to the Moon: Scientific Overview
S. Nozette(Missile Defense Agency), P. L. Rustan(Missile Defense Agency), L. Pleasance(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Joseph F. Kordas(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Isabella T. Lewis(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), H.‐S. Park(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Robert E. Priest(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), D. M. Horan(United States Naval Research Laboratory), Paul A. Regeon(United States Naval Research Laboratory), Christopher L. Lichtenberg(United States Naval Research Laboratory), E. M. Shoemaker(United States Geological Survey), E. M. Eliason(United States Geological Survey), A. S. McEwen(United States Geological Survey), M. S. Robinson(United States Geological Survey), P. D. Spudis(Universities Space Research Association), C. H. Acton(California Institute of Technology), B. J. Buratti(California Institute of Technology), T. C. Duxbury(California Institute of Technology), D. N. Baker(University of Colorado Boulder), B. M. Jakosky(University of Colorado Boulder), J. É. Blamont(Centre National d'Études Spatiales), M. Corson(Research Support Instruments (United States)), J. Resnick(Research Support Instruments (United States)), Chris Rollins(Research Support Instruments (United States)), Merton E. Davies(RAND Corporation), P. G. Lucey(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), E. Malaret(Applied Coherent Technology (United States)), Mark A. Massie(PAT Industries (United States)), C. Pieters(Brown University), Robert A. Reisse, David Eugene Smith(Goddard Space Flight Center), T. C. Sorenson, R. W. Vorder Breugge(Science Applications International Corporation (United States)), M. T. Zuber(Johns Hopkins University)
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Abstract
In the course of 71 days in lunar orbit, from 19 February to 3 May 1994, the Clementine spacecraft acquired just under two million digital images of the moon at visible and infrared wavelengths. These data are enabling the global mapping of the rock types of the lunar crust and the first detailed investigation of the geology of the lunar polar regions and the lunar far side. In addition, laser-ranging measurements provided the first view of the global topographic figure of the moon. The topography of many ancient impact basins has been measured, and a global map of the thickness of the lunar crust has been derived from the topography and gravity.
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