Illumination conditions at the lunar poles: Implications for future exploration

• Published in: Planetary and Space Science
• Main Authors: Gläser, P., Oberst, J., Neumann, G.A., Mazarico, E., Speyerer, E. J., Robinson, M.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Planetengeodäsie; Shackleton; South Pole; North Pole; Peary; Gerlache; De Gerlache; Lola; South pole
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/119091/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063317300478

We produced 400 × 400 km Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) of the lunar poles from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) ranging measurements. To achieve consistent, high-resolution DTMs of 20 m/pixel the individual ranging profiles were adjusted to remove small track-to-track offsets. We used these LOLA...