Global estimates of lunar iron and titanium contents from the Chang' E-1 IIM data

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Wu, Yunzhao, Xue, Bin, Zhao, Baochang, Lucey, Paul, Chen, Jun, Xu, Xisheng, Li, Chunlai, Ouyang, Ziyuan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; CLEMENTINE; SURFACE; TIO2; MOON; FEO; INTERFEROMETER; PROSPECTOR; ARRAY; SPECTROMETER; MINERALOGY; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://ir.opt.ac.cn/handle/181661/20238; https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JE003879

Until recently, global high spatial resolution maps of FeO and TiO2 of the Moon were only derived from Clementine data. In this study, we show global maps of FeO and TiO2 using Chang'E-1 Interference Imaging Spectrometer (IIM) at a spatial resolution of 200 m/pixel. With a newly developed calib...