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Yutu-2 Radar Observations at the Chang’E-4 Landing Site: The Shallow Geological Structure and Its Dielectric Properties

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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Lunar exploration: opening a window into the history and evolution of the inner Solar System [PDF]

, 2014
The lunar geological record contains a rich archive of the history of the inner Solar System, including information relevant to understanding the origin and evolution of the Earth-Moon system, the geological evolution of rocky planets, and our local ...
Colaprete A, Eckart P, Elphic RC, Goswami JN, Gross J, Gutiérrez JL, Hall A, Heiken GH, Jolliff BL, Jolliff BL, Langseth MG, Lucey PG, McKay DS, Melosh HJ, Mitrofanov IG, Mylswamy A, National Research Council, Neal CR, Neal CR, Ozima M, Ozima M, Palme H, Potter AE, Robbins SJ, Spudis PD, Spudis PD, Tanaka S, Taylor GJ, Uesugi K, Vaniman D, Whitaker EA, Wilhelms DE, Wilson A   +32 more
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Prospects in the orbital and rotational dynamics of the Moon with the advent of sub-centimeter lunar laser ranging [PDF]

, 2007
Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) measurements are crucial for advanced exploration of the laws of fundamental gravitational physics and geophysics. Current LLR technology allows us to measure distances to the Moon with a precision approaching 1 millimeter.
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A Photogrammetric-Photometric Stereo Method for High-Resolution Lunar Topographic Mapping Using Yutu-2 Rover Images

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, Kaichang Di, Yexin Wang, Wenhui Wan, Zhaoqin Liu, Jia Wang, Lichun Li   +6 more
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First Results from ARTEMIS, a New Two-Spacecraft Lunar Mission: Counter-Streaming Plasma Populations in the Lunar Wake [PDF]

, 2011
We present observations from the first passage through the lunar plasma wake by one of two spacecraft comprising ARTEMIS (Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun), a new lunar mission that re ...
Angelopoulos, V., Bonnell, J. W., Delory, G. T., Ergun, R. E., Farrell, W. M., Glassmeier, K. H., Halekas, J. S., Khurana, K. K., Larson, D., McFadden, J. P., Plaschke, F., Russell, C. T., Sibeck, D. G.   +12 more
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Radar Observation of the Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars

Remote Sensing, 2023
The detection of lava tubes beneath the surfaces of the Moon and Mars has been a popular research topic and challenge in planetary radar observation.
Xiaohang Qiu, Chunyu Ding
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Comparison of lunar topographic models derived from multiple sources based on least squares matching [PDF]

, 2017
XXII International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 25 Aug-1 Sept 20122012-2013 > Academic research: refereed > Refereed conference paperVersion of ...
Guo, J, Wu, BO
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Study of the transfer between libration point orbits and lunar orbits in Earth–Moon system [PDF]

, 2017
This paper is devoted to the study of the transfer problem from a libration point orbit of the Earth–Moon system to an orbit around the Moon. The transfer procedure analysed has two legs: the first one is an orbit of the unstable manifold of the ...
Cheng, Yu, Gómez Muntané, Gerard, Masdemont Soler, Josep, Yuan, Jianping   +3 more
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Descent trajectory reconstruction and landing site positioning of Chang’E-4 on the lunar farside

Nature Communications, 2019
The Chang’E-4 mission in January 2019 had the major challenge to land on the lunar far side without traditional radiometric techniques due to the missing line-of-sight.
Jianjun Liu, Xin Ren, Wei Yan, Chunlai Li, He Zhang, Yang Jia, Xingguo Zeng, Wangli Chen, Xingye Gao, Dawei Liu, Xu Tan, Xiaoxia Zhang, Tao Ni, Hongbo Zhang, Wei Zuo, Yan Su, Weibin Wen   +16 more
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Density Structure of the Von Kármán Crater in the Northwestern South Pole-Aitken Basin: Initial Subsurface Interpretation of the Chang’E-4 Landing Site Region

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, Jianguo Yan, Jiannan Zhao, Qingyun Deng, Jean-Pierre Barriot   +4 more
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