Lunar surface processes

JB Plescia, J Cahill, B Greenhagen… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The modern surface of the Moon is primarily influenced by impact processes. While
volcanism was active until perhaps 3.0 Ga and tectonic activity may still persist, it is the …

Improved LOLA elevation maps for south pole landing sites: Error estimates and their impact on illumination conditions

MK Barker, E Mazarico, GA Neumann, DE Smith… - Planetary and Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present new high-resolution topographic models of 4 high-priority lunar south pole
landing sites based exclusively on the laser altimetry data acquired by the Lunar Orbiter …

Hemispherical differences in the shape and topography of asteroid (101955) Bennu

MG Daly, OS Barnouin, JA Seabrook, J Roberts… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
We investigate the shape of near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu by constructing a high-
resolution (20 cm) global digital terrain model from laser altimeter data. By modeling the …

An effective lunar crater recognition algorithm based on convolutional neural network

S Wang, Z Fan, Z Li, H Zhang, C Wei - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

A New View of the Lunar South Pole from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

MK Barker, E Mazarico, GA Neumann… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Upcoming missions to the lunar south pole require detailed maps over large areas to fully
characterize landing sites locally and regionally and to place their data into proper geologic …

Surface variability map** and roughness analysis of the moon using a coarse‐graining decomposition

S Xue, BA Storer, RC Glade… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The lunar surface contains a wide variety of topographic shapes and features, each with
different distributions and scales, and any analysis technique to objectively measure …

Reunderstanding Geomorphological Features in Chang'e-5 Sampling Region Based on Multiscale Roughness Model

W Cao, Z Meng, X Dong, J Lei, M **e… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission was successful to return samples up to 1.8 kg from the
northeastern part of the Rümker region, the Moon. These samples can provide new …