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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 26,345-26,355 |
Journal | Journal of geophysical research |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | E12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry