Lunar rock investigation and tri-aspect characterization of lunar farside regolith by a digital twin

L Ding, R Zhou, T Yu, H Yang, X He, H Gao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Yutu-2 rover conducted an exciting expedition on the 41st lunar day to investigate a fin-
shaped rock at Longji site (45.44° S, 177.56° E) by extending its locomotion margin on …

Near-infrared spectroscopy of boulders with dust or patina coatings on the Moon: A two-layer radiative transfer model

L Sun, PG Lucey - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous remote sensing studies focus on lunar surface regolith, which contains abundant
mixtures of rock fragments and dust, making it hard to track the petrologic origin. Igneous …

A quantitative model to estimate major oxide abundances on the Moon based on in situ reflectance spectral data of Chang'e missions

Z Zhao, Y Yang, X Wu, Y Liu, F Zhang, R Xu, Z He… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxide abundances of the lunar regolith are fundamental for understanding the
geological evolution of the Moon both regionally and globally. Several models have been …

In-situ map** of iron and titanium with the visible and near-infrared image spectrometer (VNIS) along the Yutu-2 rover traverse on the farside of the moon

S Liu, K Du, X Tong, H **e, Y Feng, Y **, C Wang… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In January 2019, China's Chang'E-4 probe successfully landed in the Von Kármán
crater of the Moon's farside's South Pole-Aitken basin. Till August 2021, the Yutu-2 rover had …

Spectrophotometric properties of materials from the Mars Science Laboratory at Gale crater: 1. Bradbury Landing to Cooperstown

JR Johnson, WM Grundy, MT Lemmon, W Liang… - Planetary and Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the first 443 martian days (sols) of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover
mission, visible/near-infrared (445–1012 nm) multispectral observations were acquired at …

Chang'E‐5 In Situ Spectra Reveal Photometric Properties of the Lunar Surface

L Guo, X Ren, D Liu, B Liu, W Chen… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chang'E‐5 (CE‐5) lunar mineralogical spectrometer (LMS) obtained an in situ
multiangular spectral data set, with which this work aims to study the photometric properties …

[HTML][HTML] Latest Scientific Results of China's Lunar and Deep Space Exploration (2022–2024)

XU Lin, LI Lei, LIU Jianzhong, LIN Honglei, LI Yang… - 空间科学学报, 2024 - cjss.ac.cn
China has successfully launched six lunar probes so far. From Chang'E-1 to Chang'E-4, they
completed the circling, landing and roving exploration, of which Chang'E-4 was the first …

Infrared Radiation

I Varatharajan - Encyclopedia of Lunar Science, 2023 - Springer
One of the most distinctive features of hypervelocity impact craters, second only to their
circular topographic crater form, is the presence of ejecta deposits. Impact ejecta deposits …