Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview

MS Robinson, SM Brylow, M Tschimmel, D Humm… - Space science …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC)
and Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) are on the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) …

Nonuniform cratering of the Moon and a revised crater chronology of the inner Solar System

M Le Feuvre, MA Wieczorek - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
We model the cratering of the Moon and terrestrial planets from the present knowledge of
the orbital and size distribution of asteroids and comets in the inner Solar System, in order to …

Instrumental methods for professional and amateur collaborations in planetary astronomy

O Mousis, R Hueso, JP Beaulieu, S Bouley… - Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
Amateur contributions to professional publications have increased exponentially over the
last decades in the field of planetary astronomy. Here we review the different domains of the …

[HTML][HTML] LUMIO: A CubeSat for observing and characterizing micro-meteoroid impacts on the lunar far side

A Cervone, F Topputo, S Speretta, A Menicucci… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Earth-Moon system is constantly bombarded by meteoroids of different size
and impact speed. Observation of the impacts on the Moon can enable thorough …

The mixing of lunar regolith: Vital updates to a canonical model

ES Costello, RR Ghent, PG Lucey - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work we update the regolith mixing model presented by Gault et al.(1974), including
new input values and reworking key parameters. Much as Gault et al. did, we present a way …

The flux of kilogram-sized meteoroids from lunar impact monitoring

RM Suggs, DE Moser, WJ Cooke, RJ Suggs - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
The flashes from meteoroid impacts on the Moon are useful in determining the flux of
impactors with masses as low as a few tens of grams. A routine monitoring program at …

Meteoroids detection with the LUMIO lunar CubeSat

F Topputo, G Merisio, V Franzese, C Giordano… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer (LUMIO) is a CubeSat mission to observe,
quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts on the lunar farside by detecting their …

Orbit design for LUMIO: The lunar meteoroid impacts observer

AM Cipriano, DA Dei Tos, F Topputo - Frontiers in Astronomy and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer, or LUMIO, is a space mission concept awarded
winner of ESA's SysNova Competition “Lunar CubeSats for Exploration,” and as such it is …

Moon meteoritic seismic hum: steady state prediction

P Lognonné, M Le Feuvre, CL Johnson… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We use three different statistical models describing the frequency of meteoroid impacts on
Earth to estimate the seismic background noise due to impacts on the lunar surface …

Lunar impact flashes from Geminids: analysis of luminous efficiencies and the flux of large meteoroids on Earth

JL Ortiz, JM Madiedo, N Morales… - Monthly Notices of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We analyse lunar impact flashes recorded by our team during runs in December 2007,
2011, 2013 and 2014. In total, 12 impact flashes with magnitudes ranging between 7.1 and …