Orientale and South Pole-Aitken basins on the Moon: Preliminary Galileo imaging results

• Main Authors: Murchie, S., Plutchak, J., Fischer, E., Belton, M., Pieters, C., Head, J., Carr, M., Sunshine, J., Chapman, C., Davies, M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION; South Pole; Aitken; The Landing; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910010689

During the Earth-Moon flyby the Galileo Solid State Imaging System obtained new information on the landscape and physical geology of the Moon. Multicolor Galileo images of the Moon reveal variations in color properties of the lunar surface. Using returned lunar samples as a key, the color difference...