Targets for LRO |
Targets for LRO |
Apr 6 2007, 09:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
You can imagine this to be a companion thread to the one requesting suggestions
for MRO targets on Mars. The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) is set to launch in a little over a year from now. There was to a be a site selection workshop in May 2007, next month, but I see now that it has been cancelled. Therefore, it appears that it is up to us, the UMSF Community to take up the baton and help NASA out. It was done for New Horizons at Jupiter and was very productive. So, what are the sites that you would like to see imaged at 0.5 meter resolution by LROC, LRO's High-Resolution camera? My first suggestion would be to re-photograph the Surveyor 1 landing site to compare it with the images obtained by Lunar Orbiter 3. My second suggestion would be to photograph the Surveyor 6 landing area. This should image S-6 itself, but even more interesting, it may capture images of Surveyor 4, which should be only a mile or so away. This would help to determine whatever happened to S-4, which abruptly stopped transmitting just short of touchdown. Another Phil |
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Apr 18 2007, 02:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
I would like to see LRO get high-res images of Copernicus' central peak.
Here is a link to a LPOD discussion of Lunar Orbiter 2's famous photo of that crater. This is the LPOD for January 10, 2004 - http://www.lpod.org/archive/archive/2004/0...-2004-01-10.htm If you look closely, then you will see a thin dark line crossing one of Copernicus' central peaks. This is thought to be a geologic intrusion called a dike. However, LO2's image is just not sharp enough to be definitive on that call. LRO could help resolve what type of geologic layering is actually present in those central peaks. If you read Chuck Wood's description of that image, then you will notice that he mentions that the middle peak seems to be split. I think that he is referring to the one that has the possible dike. However, if it is split, then LRO's high-res images should reveal a gold mine of info into the history of this area. As any geologist knows, if you can see layering (as in Victoria Crater on Mars) then you can read the past in the rocks. Another Phil |
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