Physical and Mechanical Characteristics of Lunar Soil at the Chang'E-4 Landing Site

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Tang, Zhencheng, Liu, Jianjun, Wang, Xing, Ren, Xin, Chen, Wangli, Yan, Wei, Zhang, Xiaoxia, Tan, Xu, Zeng, Xingguo, Liu, Dawei, Zhang, Hongbo, Wen, Weibin, Zuo, Wei, Su, Yan, Yang, Jianfeng, Li, Chunlai
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2020
• Subjects: Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://ir.opt.ac.cn/handle/181661/94090; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089499

Chang'E-4, with the Yutu-2 rover, is the first lunar probe to successfully land and conduct a tour on the far side of the Moon from early 2019. We analyze the physical and mechanical characteristics of lunar soil through the in situ terrain data collected by the panoramic camera onboard the Yut...