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LNA60408.gif172 - Chant Crater63 visitenessun commento
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apollo_11_291_159_292_160_6deg_cadj.jpg211-2 - The Apollo 11 "Landing Site" (b/w)63 visitenessun commento
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Mare Moscoviense.gif230 - Mare Moscoviense63 visitenessun commento
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Moon-Clem.JPG015 - The Moon (visible and near-infrared)62 visiteOne of the major scientific goals of the Clementine mission is to map the Moon in 11 different wavelengths in the visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum. The filter colors of the Clementine cameras were carefully chosen to differentiate types of lunar surface material. In our first look at the global color, each Clementine image made by the UV/VIS camera has been reduced to its average value, producing a picture of the Moon at low resolution (about 50 kilometers per pixel). These pictures show the albedo (brightness) and color of the Moon from three aspects: the Earth-centered view (near side) with a 0 degree central longitude, and two far side views with 120 degrees East and 120 degrees West central longitudes. These images have been made by assigning colors to the relative reflectance values obtained through various filters, resulting in a map showing the compositional variation of the Moon.
Major compositional provinces in the highlands are evident. The large dark red-gray region on the far side is the South Pole-Aitken basin, an ancient impact feature that apparently contains rocks of distinct composition. A newly discovered compositional anomaly on the east limb of the Moon (pink area near center of 120 degrees East image) may be related to ancient flows of lava. The color picture shows that very high titanium lavas (deep blue and cyan colors) appear to be largely confined to the Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Imbrium, and Mare Tranquillitatis areas (near side). These views of the Moon in three colors only hint at the scientific richness contained within the Clementine global data, which will be investigated for years to come.
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LNF60405.gif173 - Chant Crater62 visitenessun commento
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Apollo 11 Landing Site from Clem.jpg211-0 - The Apollo 11 "Landing Site"62 visitenessun commento
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NorthPoleoftheMoon.JPG114 - North Polar Region61 visiteThis shows a 630-Km long mosaic of the Northern Polar Region along the 180° West Longitude line from 69° to 90° North Latitude.
Imaged by the UV/VIS camera.
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PreSunrise.JPG028 - Pre Sunrise: Solar Corona, Stars, Dark Side and Near Side60 visiteThis presunrise Startracker image shows the Solar Corona, stars in the background and the Terminator between the dark side of the Moon and the area on the right, which is illuminated by light reflected from the Earth.
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Plato-UVVis.jpg090 - Plato Crater60 visitenessun commento
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