Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew

Lunar retro-reflector arrays (LRAs) consisting of corner-cube reflectors (CCRs) placed on the nearside of the Moon during the Apollo era have demonstrated their longevity, cost-effectiveness, ease of deployment, and most importantly their interdisciplinary scientific impact through the ongoing lunar...

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Main Authors: Viswanathan, Vishnu, Mazarico, Erwan, Merkowitz, Stephen, Sun, Xiaoli, Eubanks, Thomas Marshall, Smith, David Edmund
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: arXiv 2020
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Geophysics physics.geo-ph
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM
FOS Physical sciences
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2009.03985
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.03985
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.2009.03985 2023-05-15T18:22:23+02:00 Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew Viswanathan, Vishnu Mazarico, Erwan Merkowitz, Stephen Sun, Xiaoli Eubanks, Thomas Marshall Smith, David Edmund 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2009.03985 https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.03985 unknown arXiv arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Geophysics physics.geo-ph Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM FOS Physical sciences Article CreativeWork article Preprint 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2009.03985 2022-03-10T15:03:37Z Lunar retro-reflector arrays (LRAs) consisting of corner-cube reflectors (CCRs) placed on the nearside of the Moon during the Apollo era have demonstrated their longevity, cost-effectiveness, ease of deployment, and most importantly their interdisciplinary scientific impact through the ongoing lunar laser ranging (LLR) experiment. The human exploration of the lunar south polar region provides a unique opportunity to build on this legacy and contribute to the scientific return of the Artemis, for many decades to come. Here we outline the extended science objectives realizable with the deployment of geodetic tracking devices by the Artemis III crew. : 2 pages, 1 figure, A white paper submitted to the Artemis III Science Definition Team of NASA's Science Mission Directorate Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) South Pole
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM
FOS Physical sciences
spellingShingle Geophysics physics.geo-ph
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM
FOS Physical sciences
Viswanathan, Vishnu
Mazarico, Erwan
Merkowitz, Stephen
Sun, Xiaoli
Eubanks, Thomas Marshall
Smith, David Edmund
Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM
FOS Physical sciences
description Lunar retro-reflector arrays (LRAs) consisting of corner-cube reflectors (CCRs) placed on the nearside of the Moon during the Apollo era have demonstrated their longevity, cost-effectiveness, ease of deployment, and most importantly their interdisciplinary scientific impact through the ongoing lunar laser ranging (LLR) experiment. The human exploration of the lunar south polar region provides a unique opportunity to build on this legacy and contribute to the scientific return of the Artemis, for many decades to come. Here we outline the extended science objectives realizable with the deployment of geodetic tracking devices by the Artemis III crew. : 2 pages, 1 figure, A white paper submitted to the Artemis III Science Definition Team of NASA's Science Mission Directorate
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Viswanathan, Vishnu
Mazarico, Erwan
Merkowitz, Stephen
Sun, Xiaoli
Eubanks, Thomas Marshall
Smith, David Edmund
author_facet Viswanathan, Vishnu
Mazarico, Erwan
Merkowitz, Stephen
Sun, Xiaoli
Eubanks, Thomas Marshall
Smith, David Edmund
author_sort Viswanathan, Vishnu
title Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
title_short Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
title_full Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
title_fullStr Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
title_full_unstemmed Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
title_sort next-generation geodesy at the lunar south pole: an opportunity enabled by the artemis iii crew
publisher arXiv
publishDate 2020
url https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2009.03985
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.03985
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