Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) instrument overview
Space Science Reviews
By: M.S. Robinson, S.M. Brylow, M. Tschimmel, D. Humm, S.J. Lawrence, P. C. Thomas, B.W. Denevi, E. Bowman-Cisneros, J. Zerr, M.A. Ravine, M.A. Caplinger, F.T. Ghaemi, J.A. Schaffner, M. C. Malin, P. Mahanti, A. Bartels, J. Anderson, T.N. Tran, E. M. Eliason, A. S. McEwen, E. Turtle, B.L. Jolliff, and H. Hiesinger
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Abstract
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC) and Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) are on the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The WAC is a 7-color push-frame camera (100 and 400 m/pixel visible and UV, respectively), while the two NACs are monochrome narrow-angle linescan imagers (0.5 m/pixel). The primary mission of LRO is to obtain measurements of the Moon that will enable future lunar human exploration. The overarching goals of the LROC investigation include landing site identification and certification, mapping of permanently polar shadowed and sunlit regions, meter-scale mapping of polar regions, global multispectral imaging, a global morphology base map, characterization of regolith properties, and determination of current impact hazards.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) instrument overview |
| Series title | Space Science Reviews |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2 |
| Volume | 150 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publisher location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Contributing office(s) | Astrogeology Science Center |
| Description | 44 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Space Science Reviews |
| First page | 81 |
| Last page | 124 |
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