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) …

New views of lunar geoscience: An introduction and overview

H Hiesinger, JW Head III - Reviews in mineralogy and …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Beyond the Earth, the Moon is the only planetary body for which we have samples from
known locations. The analysis of these samples gives us “ground-truth” for numerous remote …

Lunar cryptomaria: Physical characteristics, distribution, and implications for ancient volcanism

JL Whitten, JW Head - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
Cryptomaria, lunar volcanic deposits obscured by crater and basin impact ejecta, can
provide important information about the thermal and volcanic history of the Moon. The timing …

Cryptomare magmatism 4.35 Gyr ago recorded in lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

K Terada, M Anand, AK Sokol, A Bischoff, Y Sano - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
The origin and evolution of the Moon remain controversial,, with one of the most important
questions for lunar evolution being the timing and duration of basaltic (mare) magmatism …

Global distribution and volume of cryptomare and visible Mare on the Moon from gravity and dark halo craters

K Izquierdo, MM Sori, B Checketts… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present‐day distribution of mare basalts on the Moon is an important constraint on the
timing, duration, and flux of volcanism on the Moon. In this work, we find the global …

Geochemistry, petrology and ages of the lunar meteorites Kalahari 008 and 009: New constraints on early lunar evolution

AK Sokol, VA Fernandes, T Schulz, A Bischoff… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008 - Elsevier
Kalahari 008 and 009 are two lunar meteorites that were found close to each other in
Botswana. Kalahari 008 is a typical lunar anorthositic breccia; Kalahari 009 a monomict …

New Insights into Surface Deposits in the Balmer-Kapteyn Cryptomare Region Provided by Chang'E-2 Microwave Radiometer Data

T Tang, Z Meng, Y Lian, Z Xiao, J Ping, Z Cai, X Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lunar cryptomare records both early-stage mare volcanisms and large-scale impact
cratering, which can provide important information about the thermal evolution of the Moon …

Lunar cryptomaria: Mineralogy and composition of ancient volcanic deposits

J Whitten, JW Head - Planetary and Space Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Ancient lunar volcanic deposits, known as cryptomaria, have been detected by remote
telescopic and orbital measurements since the 1970s. Cryptomaria are most easily identified …

Olivine-bearing lithologies on the Moon: Constraints on origins and transport mechanisms from M3 spectroscopy, radiative transfer modeling, and GRAIL crustal …

LM Corley, PJ McGovern, GY Kramer, M Lemelin… - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
High-resolution hyperspectral data from Chandrayaan-1's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3)
allow detection of olivine on the lunar surface. Olivine exposed at the surface may originate …

Antarctic lunar meteorites Yamato-793169, Asuka-881757, MIL 05035, and MET 01210 (YAMM): Launch pairing and possible cryptomare origin

T Arai, BR Hawke, TA Giguere, K Misawa… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
The Antarctic lunar meteorite Meteorite Hills (MET) 01210 is a polymict regolith breccia,
dominantly composed of mare basalt components. One relatively large (2.7× 4.7 mm) basalt …