Cartography of the Luna-21 landing site and Lunokhod-2 traverse area based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images and surface archive TV-panoramas

I. P. Karachevtseva; N. A. Kozlova; A. A. Kokhanov; A. E. Zubarev; I. E. Nadezhdina; V. D. Patratiy; A. A. Konopikhin; A. T. Basilevsky; A. M. Abdrakhimov; J. Oberst; I. Haase; B. L. Jolliff; J. B. Plescia; Mark Robinson

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.021

Cartography of the Luna-21 landing site and Lunokhod-2 traverse area based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images and surface archive TV-panoramas

I. P. Karachevtseva, N. A. Kozlova, A. A. Kokhanov, A. E. Zubarev, I. E. Nadezhdina, V. D. Patratiy, A. A. Konopikhin, A. T. Basilevsky, A. M. Abdrakhimov, J. Oberst, I. Haase, B. L. Jolliff, J. B. Plescia, Mark Robinson

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Abstract

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) system consists of a Wide Angle Camera (WAC) and Narrow Angle Camera (NAC). NAC images (∼0.5 to 1.7 m/pixel) reveal details of the Luna-21 landing site and Lunokhod-2 traverse area. We derived a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and an orthomosaic for the study region using photogrammetric stereo processing techniques with NAC images. The DEM and mosaic allowed us to analyze the topography and morphology of the landing site area and to map the Lunokhod-2 rover route. The total range of topographic elevation along the traverse was found to be less than 144 m; and the rover encountered slopes of up to 20°. With the orthomosaic tied to the lunar reference frame, we derived coordinates of the Lunokhod-2 landing module and overnight stop points. We identified the exact rover route by following its tracks and determined its total length as 39.16 km, more than was estimated during the mission (37 km), which until recently was a distance record for planetary robotic rovers held for more than 40 years.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	104-121
Number of pages	18
Journal	Icarus
Volume	283
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.021
State	Published - Feb 1 2017

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Image processing
Moon
Moon surface

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Space and Planetary Science

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Karachevtseva, I. P., Kozlova, N. A., Kokhanov, A. A., Zubarev, A. E., Nadezhdina, I. E., Patratiy, V. D., Konopikhin, A. A., Basilevsky, A. T., Abdrakhimov, A. M., Oberst, J., Haase, I., Jolliff, B. L., Plescia, J. B., & Robinson, M. (2017). Cartography of the Luna-21 landing site and Lunokhod-2 traverse area based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images and surface archive TV-panoramas. Icarus, 283, 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.021

Karachevtseva, IP, Kozlova, NA, Kokhanov, AA, Zubarev, AE, Nadezhdina, IE, Patratiy, VD, Konopikhin, AA, Basilevsky, AT, Abdrakhimov, AM, Oberst, J, Haase, I, Jolliff, BL, Plescia, JB & Robinson, M 2017, 'Cartography of the Luna-21 landing site and Lunokhod-2 traverse area based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images and surface archive TV-panoramas', Icarus, vol. 283, pp. 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.021

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