Connecting Ridge - A landing site at the lunar south pole with extended illumination

• Main Authors: Gläser, P., Scholten, F., De Rosa, D., Figuera, R. M., Oberst, J., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G. A., Robinson, M. S.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: German
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Planetengeodäsie; Shackleton; South Pole; Gerlache; De Gerlache; Lola; South pole
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/94242/; http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2014/EPSC2014-136-1.pdf

Illumination conditions of the lunar south pole are investigated using a 20 m/pixel Digital Terrain Model (DTM) derived from tracks of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). We examined areas near the south pole, in particular a possible landing site residing on a ridge connecting the de Gerlache...