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Stochastic hyperbola fitting, probabilistic inversion, reverse-time migration and clustering: A novel interpretation toolbox for in-situ planetary radar [PDF]
, 2023 Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is becoming a mainstream tool in planetary exploration, and one of the few in-situ planetary geophysical methods. There are currently three missions (Perseverance, Tianwen-1, Chang'E-4) with GPR-equipped rovers, and two ...
Giannakis, Iraklis +1 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 The Chinese Chang’E-5 probe landed in the Mons Rümker of Oceanus Procellarum on the near side of the Moon. The lunar regolith penetrating radar (LRPR) carried by the Chang’E-5 probe allows for the determination of in situ lunar regolith dielectric ...
Chunyu Ding +9 more
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Review of the Precise Orbit Determination for Chinese Lunar Exploration Projects
Earth and Space Science, 2021 China's lunar exploration program has developed and progressed for more than 13 years. Over this time, Precise Orbit Determination (POD) has guaranteed successful execution of the Chang’e missions, and is the basis for further scientific investigations ...
Shanhong Liu +6 more
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Sensors, 2022 Chang’E-3 is China’s first soft landing mission on an extraterrestrial celestial body. The laser Three-Dimensional Imaging (TDI) sensor is one of the key payloads of the Chang’E-3 lander.
Donghong Wang +7 more
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Comprehensive mapping of lunar surface chemistry by adding Chang'e-5 samples with deep learning
Nature Communications, 2023 Lunar surface chemistry is essential for revealing petrological characteristics to understand the evolution of the Moon. Existing chemistry mapping from Apollo and Luna returned samples could only calibrate chemical features before 3.0 Gyr, missing the ...
Chen Yang +13 more
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APPLICATIONS OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES IN CHANG’E-4 MISSION [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 This paper presents a brief overview of photogrammetry and remote sensing technologies and applications in the Chang’e-4 mission. The developed technologies, such as image matching, block adjustment, 3D mapping, spectral analysis and mineral retrieval ...
K. Di +13 more
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Terraforming “Beautiful China”: Island Building and Lunar Exploration in the Making of the Chinese State [PDF]
, 2022 Chinese terraforming projects in the South China Sea have been condemned as geopolitically and ecologically destabilising. Following years of escalating construction and tourism initiatives, China pivoted in January 2019 by announcing ecosystem ...
Bashford, Laurence, Galka, Jonathan
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Remote Sensing, 2022 A visible and near-infrared imaging spectrometer (VNIS) loaded by the Chang’e-4 rover is the primary method for detecting the mineral composition of the lunar surface in the landing region.
Rui Chang +6 more
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Dielectric Properties of Lunar Materials at the Chang’e-4 Landing Site
Remote Sensing, 2021 On January 3rd 2019, the Chang’e-4 mission successfully landed in the Von Kármán Crater inside the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin and achieved the first soft landing on the farside of the Moon.
Jialong Lai +4 more
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Thermal Modeling of the Lunar Regolith at the Chang'E‐4 Landing Site
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 Accurate assessments of surface temperatures on the Moon are important for understanding the physical properties of the lunar surface regolith and thermal effects on the reflectance spectra beyond 2 μm.
Honglei Lin +11 more
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