Compositional variations on the Moon: recalibration of Galileo solid- state imaging data for the Orientale region and farside

L. R. Gaddis, A. S. McEwen, T. L. Becker

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Abstract

Updated radiometric calibration and systematic processing procedures for Galileo solid-state imaging data from the first (1990) Earth-Moon encounter are presented. These procedures were applied to a whole-disk imaging sequence of the Moon centered near Mare Orientale, Called Lunmap 14 (L14). Recalibrated spectra indicate that mare ponds of the limb show moderately deep 1-μm absorptions, and thus mafic mineral contents, comparable to those of other nearside basalts. Mafic mineral contents of Schiller-Schickard cryptomaria are higher than previously thought and are similar to some low-Ti nearside basalts. Many of the recalibrated spectra from South Pole/Aitken are similar to those of Schiller-Schickard cryptomaria, suggesting that many of these soils represent a mixed mare/highland lithology. -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)26,345-26,355
JournalJournal of geophysical research
Volume100
Issue numberE12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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