Comparative photometric analysis of the Reiner Gamma swirl and Chang'e 5 landing site

M Hess, C Wöhler, L Qiao, M Bhatt - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Lunar swirls are bright albedo features only found on the Moon that are still not
entirely understood. It is commonly accepted that reduced space weathering plays a role in …

Comprehensive characterization of solar wind interaction with lunar crustal magnetic fields: Kaguya low-altitude observations

K Ogino, Y Harada, MN Nishino, Y Saito… - Earth, Planets and …, 2024 - Springer
Although the Moon does not have a global intrinsic magnetic field, lunar crustal magnetic
anomalies (LMAs) are nonuniformly distributed over the lunar surface. The interaction …

Multiband Spectropolarimetry of Lunar Maria, Pyroclastics, Fresh Craters, and Swirl Materials

C Wöhler, M Arnaut, M Bhatt - The Astronomical Journal, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Imaging polarimetry is a well-known method for examining the small-scale structure of the
surface regolith of airless celestial bodies. In this study, we examine (for the first time) the …

Bi‐directional spectro‐polarimetry of olivine sand

CH Lee, CM Bachmann, NB Nur… - Earth and Space …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
We characterized the bi‐directional spectro‐polarimetry of olivine sands of varying grain
size distributions for a comprehensive set of measurement and illumination angles over a …

Near-infrared Photometry of the Moon's Surface with Passive Radiometry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

RT Walker, MK Barker, E Mazarico, X Sun… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Examining the reflectance of the Moon's surface across a broad range of viewing geometries
through photometric analysis can reveal physical and geological properties of its regolith …

[HTML][HTML] Terrain-dependent spectral properties of lunar polarisation at small phase angles

C Wöhler, M Bhatt, M Arnaut, D Misra, S Ganesh… - 2024 - meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
The polarisation of the sunlight reflected by the surface of the Moon contains information
about the structural properties of the surficial regolith layer, such as the grain size and the …