Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview

Mark Robinson; S. M. Brylow; M. Tschimmel; D. Humm; S. J. Lawrence; P. C. Thomas; B. W. Denevi; E. Bowman-Cisneros; J. Zerr; M. A. Ravine; M. A. Caplinger; F. T. Ghaemi; J. A. Schaffner; M. C. Malin; Prasun Mahanti; A. Bartels; J. Anderson; T. N. Tran; E. M. Eliason; A. S. McEwen; E. Turtle; B. L. Jolliff; H. Hiesinger

doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2

Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview

Mark Robinson, S. M. Brylow, M. Tschimmel, D. Humm, S. J. Lawrence, P. C. Thomas, B. W. Denevi, E. Bowman-Cisneros, J. Zerr, M. A. Ravine, M. A. Caplinger, F. T. Ghaemi, J. A. Schaffner, M. C. Malin, Prasun Mahanti, A. Bartels, J. Anderson, T. N. Tran, E. M. Eliason, A. S. McEwenE. Turtle, B. L. Jolliff, H. Hiesinger

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC) and Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) are on the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The WAC is a 7-color push-frame camera (100 and 400 m/pixel visible and UV, respectively), while the two NACs are monochrome narrow-angle linescan imagers (0.5 m/pixel). The primary mission of LRO is to obtain measurements of the Moon that will enable future lunar human exploration. The overarching goals of the LROC investigation include landing site identification and certification, mapping of permanently polar shadowed and sunlit regions, meter-scale mapping of polar regions, global multispectral imaging, a global morphology base map, characterization of regolith properties, and determination of current impact hazards.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	81-124
Number of pages	44
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	150
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2
State	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Calibration
Camera
Instrument
LRO
LROC
Lunar
Moon

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Robinson, M., Brylow, S. M., Tschimmel, M., Humm, D., Lawrence, S. J., Thomas, P. C., Denevi, B. W., Bowman-Cisneros, E., Zerr, J., Ravine, M. A., Caplinger, M. A., Ghaemi, F. T., Schaffner, J. A., Malin, M. C., Mahanti, P., Bartels, A., Anderson, J., Tran, T. N., Eliason, E. M., ... Hiesinger, H. (2010). Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview. Space Science Reviews, 150(1-4), 81-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2

Robinson, M, Brylow, SM, Tschimmel, M, Humm, D, Lawrence, SJ, Thomas, PC, Denevi, BW, Bowman-Cisneros, E, Zerr, J, Ravine, MA, Caplinger, MA, Ghaemi, FT, Schaffner, JA, Malin, MC, Mahanti, P, Bartels, A, Anderson, J, Tran, TN, Eliason, EM, McEwen, AS, Turtle, E, Jolliff, BL & Hiesinger, H 2010, 'Lunar reconnaissance orbiter camera (LROC) instrument overview', Space Science Reviews, vol. 150, no. 1-4, pp. 81-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2

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