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<em>map courtesy of [mailto:Paul.Spudis@jhuapl.edu Paul Spudis], Baltimore, Maryland</em></p>
 
<em>map courtesy of [mailto:Paul.Spudis@jhuapl.edu Paul Spudis], Baltimore, Maryland</em></p>
 
<p>This is the best topographic map of the Moon that exists. A laser [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1994-004A&#038;ex=4 altimeter] on the Clementine spacecraft pinged the surface once per second resulting in an elevation measurement being obtained every 1-2 km with a horizontal footprint of 100 m and a vertical resolution of 40 m. Unfortunately, the distance between adjacent orbits was 40 km so the north-south resolution is much better than the east-west. This map was made at the Lunar and Planetary Institute by Paul Spudis and Brian Fessler. The topography is Clementine laser altimetry for most of the surface and Tony Cook&#8217;s photoclinometry for the polar regions; the basemap is the familiar US Geological Survey&#8217;s airbrush map. The farside is both higher and lower than the nearside. The farside highlands reach up to 8 km above the mean lunar radius and the deepest spot in the blue South Pole-Aitken basin is 8 km below the mean. Topography reveals various impact basins that are otherwise inconspicuous - notice the one south of Orientale.</p>
 
<p>This is the best topographic map of the Moon that exists. A laser [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1994-004A&#038;ex=4 altimeter] on the Clementine spacecraft pinged the surface once per second resulting in an elevation measurement being obtained every 1-2 km with a horizontal footprint of 100 m and a vertical resolution of 40 m. Unfortunately, the distance between adjacent orbits was 40 km so the north-south resolution is much better than the east-west. This map was made at the Lunar and Planetary Institute by Paul Spudis and Brian Fessler. The topography is Clementine laser altimetry for most of the surface and Tony Cook&#8217;s photoclinometry for the polar regions; the basemap is the familiar US Geological Survey&#8217;s airbrush map. The farside is both higher and lower than the nearside. The farside highlands reach up to 8 km above the mean lunar radius and the deepest spot in the blue South Pole-Aitken basin is 8 km below the mean. Topography reveals various impact basins that are otherwise inconspicuous - notice the one south of Orientale.</p>
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[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/abspudis.html An older homepage for Paul]</p>
 
[http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/abspudis.html An older homepage for Paul]</p>
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[October 31, 2006|Impossibly High Standard]] </p>
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Latest revision as of 20:40, 7 February 2015

Ups & Downs

near_far_topo_composite.jpg
map courtesy of Paul Spudis, Baltimore, Maryland

This is the best topographic map of the Moon that exists. A laser altimeter on the Clementine spacecraft pinged the surface once per second resulting in an elevation measurement being obtained every 1-2 km with a horizontal footprint of 100 m and a vertical resolution of 40 m. Unfortunately, the distance between adjacent orbits was 40 km so the north-south resolution is much better than the east-west. This map was made at the Lunar and Planetary Institute by Paul Spudis and Brian Fessler. The topography is Clementine laser altimetry for most of the surface and Tony Cook’s photoclinometry for the polar regions; the basemap is the familiar US Geological Survey’s airbrush map. The farside is both higher and lower than the nearside. The farside highlands reach up to 8 km above the mean lunar radius and the deepest spot in the blue South Pole-Aitken basin is 8 km below the mean. Topography reveals various impact basins that are otherwise inconspicuous - notice the one south of Orientale.

Chuck Wood

Related Links:
Rükl charts: all
An older homepage for Paul

Yesterday's LPOD: Impossibly High Standard

Tomorrow's LPOD: Move Over Orbiter

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