Observations of the lunar regolith and the Earth from the television camera on Surveyor 7
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Abstract
Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft of the Surveyor series, landed about 30 km north of the rim crest of Tycho, one of the most prominent and well-known features in the southern part of the moon. About 21,000 pictures were transmitted during two lunar days of operation. At the Surveyor 7 site, the cumulative size-frequency distribution of craters 13 cm to 3 meters in diameter follows closely the distribution of craters observed at the other Surveyor sites in the lunar maria. This distribution of small craters is believed to be a steady-state distribution.
Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Observations of the lunar regolith and the Earth from the television camera on Surveyor 7 |
Series title | Journal of Geophysical Research |
DOI | 10.1029/JB074i025p06081 |
Volume | 74 |
Issue | 25 |
Year Published | 1969 |
Language | English |
Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
Description | 39 p. |
First page | 6081 |
Last page | 6119 |
Other Geospatial | Lunar maria, Moon, Tycho crater |
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