Geological context of potential landing site of the Luna-Glob mission

• Published in: Solar System Research
• Main Authors: Ivanov, M. A., Abdrakhimov, A. M., Basilevsky, A. T., Dixon, J. L., Head, J. W., Chick, L., Vitten, J., Zuber, M. T., Simt, D. E., Mazarico, E., Neish, C. D., Bassey, D. B. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2014
• Subjects: South Pole; Aitken; Pleiades; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094614060021

The region planned for performing the Luna-Glob mission is located in the southern part of the swell surrounding the largest South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin. The photogeological analysis of the surface topography of this region using the LRO-WAC (resolution of 100 Mpxl) photomaps made it possible to d...