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Physical Characterization of Moon Impactor WE0913A
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 On 2022 March 4, the object known as WE0913A crashed into the Moon after several close flybys of the Earth and the Moon in the previous three months. Leading up to impact, the identity of the lunar impactor was up for debate, with two possibilities: the ...
Tanner Campbell +8 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Accurate relative permittivity is essential to the further analysis of lunar regolith. The traditional hyperbola fitting method for the relative permittivity estimation using the lunar penetrating radar generally ignored the effect of the position and ...
Ruigang Wang +8 more
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Vision-Based Decision Support for Rover Path Planning in the Chang’e-4 Mission
Remote Sensing, 2020 In planetary rover missions, rover path planning is critical to ensure the safety and efficiency of the rover traverse and in situ explorations. In the Chang’e-4 (CE-4) mission, we have proposed and developed vision-based decision support methods ...
Yexin Wang +9 more
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THE ‘MOON MAPPING’ PROJECT TO PROMOTE COOPERATION BETWEEN STUDENTS OF ITALY AND CHINA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 The research project ‘Moon Mapping’ has been established in 2014 between the Italian and Chinese Governments to promote cooperation and exchange between undergraduate students from both countries.
M. Scaioni +18 more
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A rocky hill on the continuous ejecta of Ziwei crater revealed by the Chang’e-3 mission
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2020 The Chinese Chang'e-3 mission landed close to the eastern rim of the ~450 m diameter Ziwei crater. Regional stratigraphy of the landing site and impact excavation model suggest that the bulk continuous ejecta deposits of the Ziwei crater are composed by ...
ChunYu Ding +3 more
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HIGH RESOLUTION SEAMLESS DOM GENERATION OVER CHANG'E-5 LANDING AREA USING LROC NAC IMAGES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 Chang’e-5, China’s first sample return lunar mission, will be launched in 2019, and the planned landing area is near Mons Rümker in Oceanus Procellarum. High-resolution and high-precision mapping of the landing area is of great importance for supporting ...
K. Di +6 more
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EVALUATION OF DEBLOCKING METHODS FOR CHANG’E-4 DESCENT IMAGES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Chang’e-4 lunar probe has successfully landed on the far side of the moon in Von Kármán crater inside the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin at 10:26 am on January 3, 2019.
M. Peng, W. Wan, Z. Liu, Y. Wang, K. Di
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Universe, 2023 China has successfully carried out five lunar exploration missions since 2007. These missions indicate that China has successfully implemented a three-step lunar exploration program of “orbiting, landing, and returning”. Among them, the Lunar Penetrating
Zhonghan Lei, Chunyu Ding
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Topographic products are important for mission operations and scientific research in lunar exploration. In a lunar rover mission, high-resolution digital elevation models are typically generated at waypoints by photogrammetry methods based on rover ...
Man Peng +6 more
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Sensors, 2019 The Von Kármán Crater, within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, is the landing site of China’s Chang’E-4 mission. To complement the in situ exploration mission and provide initial subsurface interpretation, we applied a 3D density ...
Chikondi Chisenga +4 more
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