Water ice, abundant in the outer solar system, is volatile in the inner solar system. On the
largest airless bodies of the inner solar system (Mercury, the Moon, Ceres), water can be an …

High-resolution topographic mapping is essential for scientific investigations and
operational exploration of planets, such as Mars. Photoclinometry, which uses light scattered …

We performed an analysis of spacecraft multispectral images for lunar swirls in order to gain
an improved understanding of optical space weathering on the Moon and its causes. LROC …

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 …

Context. Lunar swirls are high-albedo irregular markings that are generally associated with
prominent magnetic anomalies. The formation of swirls is still unknown. Near-infrared …

Abstract The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3) on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft provided
nearly global 0.5–3 μm imaging-spectroscopy data at 140 m pixel–1 in 85 spectral bands …

The spectrophotometric properties of two study areas in the Ingenii swirl region show that
the combined effects of multiple processes are required to explain the regolith's …

The Moon presently has no dynamo, but magnetic fields have been detected over numerous
portions of its crust. Most of these regions are located antipodal to large basins, leading to …

The Moon's bright albedo markings, known as swirls, are defined by broad, bright, on‐swirl
areas separated by darker off‐swirl lanes. Their formation mechanism has long been …

Lunar swirls have been traditionally considered to be unaffected by topographic changes.
Yet, correlations between areas of high albedo and lower elevations are observed in …