Density Structure of the Von Kármán Crater in the Northwestern South Pole-Aitken Basin: Initial Subsurface Interpretation of the Chang’E-4 Landing Site Region

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Chisenga, Chikondi, Yan, Jianguo, Zhao, Jiannan, Deng, Qingyun, Barriot, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Subjects: Article; Aitken; South Pole; The Landing; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6832371/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31615029; https://doi.org/10.3390/s19204445

The Von Kármán Crater, within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, is the landing site of China’s Chang’E-4 mission. To complement the in situ exploration mission and provide initial subsurface interpretation, we applied a 3D density inversion using the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)...