OSIRIS-REx Visible and Near-Infrared Observations of the Moon

A. A. Simon; K. L. Donaldson Hanna; C. Y. Drouet d'Aubigny; G. Poggiali; J. P. Emery; J. Brucato; R. G. Cosentino; D. C. Reuter; D. R. Golish; D. N. DellaGiustina; A. Lunsford; N. Gorius; P. H. Smith; D. S. Lauretta

doi:10.1029/2019GL083341

OSIRIS-REx Visible and Near-Infrared Observations of the Moon

A. A. Simon, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, C. Y. Drouet d'Aubigny, G. Poggiali, J. P. Emery, J. Brucato, R. G. Cosentino, D. C. Reuter, D. R. Golish, D. N. DellaGiustina, A. Lunsford, N. Gorius, P. H. Smith, D. S. Lauretta

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The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission observed the Moon during the spacecraft's Earth gravity assist in 2017. From the spacecraft view, the lunar phase was 42°, and the in-view hemisphere was dominated by anorthositic highlands terrain. Lunar spectra obtained by the OSIRIS-REx Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer show evidence of several candidate absorption features. We observe the 2.8-μm hydration band, confirming the spectral results from other missions, but detected in full-disk spectra. We also tentatively identify weak spectral features near 0.9 and 1.3 μm, consistent with lunar regolith containing a mixture of plagioclase and orthopyroxene minerals, as expected for highlands terrain.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6322-6326
Number of pages	5
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	46
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083341
State	Published - Jun 28 2019

Keywords

(101955) Bennu
Moon
OSIRIS-REx

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General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Simon, A. A., Donaldson Hanna, K. L., Drouet d'Aubigny, C. Y., Poggiali, G., Emery, J. P., Brucato, J., Cosentino, R. G., Reuter, D. C., Golish, D. R., DellaGiustina, D. N., Lunsford, A., Gorius, N., Smith, P. H., & Lauretta, D. S. (2019). OSIRIS-REx Visible and Near-Infrared Observations of the Moon. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(12), 6322-6326. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083341

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