Lunar crater depths from orbiter IV long-focus photographs
Icarus
By: D.W.G. Arthur
Links
- More information: Publisher Index Page (via DOI)
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
The paper presents method and results for the determination of the depths of more than 1900 small lunar craters from measures of shadows on the long-focus pictures obtained by Lunar Orbiter IV. The method for converting the measured shadow length into the true length in nature of the shadow hypotenuse is new and is applicable to other planetary bodies provided comparable spacecraft ephemerides are available. The measures were made with a simple surveyor's plotting scale on the standard Orbiter IV photographic enlargements. The results indicate that the smaller lunar (D < 30 km) craters are appreciably deeper than is indicated by earlier work using imagery obtained at terrestrial observatories.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Lunar crater depths from orbiter IV long-focus photographs |
| Series title | Icarus |
| DOI | 10.1016/0019-1035(74)90109-2 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 18 p. |
| First page | 116 |
| Last page | 133 |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |