Increased small impactor flux on the Moon as inferred from regolith thickness at the Chang’E-5 Region [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsKnowledge of the small impactor flux on the Moon can provide critical insights into lunar geological evolution and the dynamics of the inner solar system.
Mingwei Zhang +3 more
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A NEW GLOBAL CATALOGUE OF LUNAR CRATERS (≥1 KM) WITH 3D INFORMATION AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF GLOBAL ANALYSIS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Impact craters are the predominant geomorphological features on the lunar surface. They can be studied to infer the ages of the lunar surfaces, the generation processes of the geological units, and the sequences of its geological events.
Y. Wang, B. Wu
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Lunar craters and rilles are significant topographic features on the lunar surface that will play an essential role in future research on space energy resources and geological evolution.
Yutong Jia +4 more
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Lunar Evolution Analysis Based on Numerical Simulations of Typical Lunar Impact Craters
Space: Science & Technology, 2023 Impact craters are one of the most important landforms on the lunar surface, playing a crucial role in the formation and later evolution of the Moon. For example, as a primary source of remote sensing observations and lunar samples, lunar regolith is ...
Zongyu Yue +4 more
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Three-Dimensional Model of the Moon with Semantic Information of Craters Based on Chang’e Data
Sensors, 2021 China’s Chang’e lunar exploration project obtains digital orthophoto image (DOM) and digital elevation model (DEM) data covering the whole Moon, which are critical to lunar research.
Yunfan Lu +5 more
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Method for Identifying Lava Tubes Among Pit Craters Using Brightness Profile Across Pits on the Moon or Mars [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2016 Caves can serve as major outposts for future human exploration of the Moon and Mars. In addition, caves can protect people and electronic equipment from external hazards such as cosmic ray radiation and meteorites impacts and serve as a shelter ...
Jongil Jung +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Microwave radiometer (MRM) is one of the important payloads on the Chang’e-2 (CE-2) Lunar satellite. In the Chang’e satellite’s observation of the microwave radiation brightness temperature (TB) on the lunar surface, there are some “cold spots” of ...
Lianghai Wu +4 more
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Moon Impact Crater Detection Using Nested Attention Mechanism Based UNet++
IEEE Access, 2021 Impact craters are the most prominent topographic feature on the lunar surface, which will play a significant role in constructing lunar bases and lunar surface activities in the future.
Yutong Jia, Lei Liu, Chenyang Zhang
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An Effective Lunar Crater Recognition Algorithm Based on Convolutional Neural Network
Remote Sensing, 2020 The lunar crater recognition plays a key role in lunar exploration. Traditional crater recognition methods are mainly based on the human observation that is usually combined with classical machine learning methods. These methods have some drawbacks, such
Song Wang +4 more
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New Lunar Crater Production Function Based on High-Resolution Images
Remote Sensing, 2023 The lunar crater production function describes the general pattern of the size–frequency distribution of craters on the lunar surface, and it is the foundation of the surface dating method via crater counting.
Jianan Liu +4 more
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