Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone
In the next couple of years a large number of robotic missions and payloads will be delivered to the Moon, ultimately culminating in crewed missions. Those missions aim at characterizing lunar polar volatiles, which are concentrated in regions of permanent shadow. However, the small-scale surface pr...
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ftusrahouston:oai:repository.hou.usra.edu:20.500.11753/1836 2023-05-15T18:22:29+02:00 Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone Bickel, Valentin Tertius Moseley, B. Hauber, Ernst Shirley, M. Williams, J.-P. Kring, David A. (David Allen) Moon 2022-08-26 10 pages application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1836 https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099530 en eng AGU LPI contribution no. 2709 Bickel, V. T., Moseley, B., Hauber, E., Shirley, M., Williams, J.-P., & Kring, D. A. (2022). Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099530. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL099530 doi:10.1029/2022GL099530 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1836 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. CC-BY-NC Moon--Exploration Volatiles Moon--Maps Article 2022 ftusrahouston https://doi.org/20.500.11753/1836 https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099530 2022-09-17T17:32:11Z In the next couple of years a large number of robotic missions and payloads will be delivered to the Moon, ultimately culminating in crewed missions. Those missions aim at characterizing lunar polar volatiles, which are concentrated in regions of permanent shadow. However, the small-scale surface properties of shadowed regions remain largely unknown. The lack of knowledge poses a potential risk to future ground-based missions that seek to enter shadowed regions. Here, we use a machine learning-driven algorithm to remove noise from previously largely unusable satellite images of shadowed regions. We use those de-noised images to study the surface properties of 44 small, shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone close to the lunar south pole for the first time, identifying potential hazards, and recommending sites for future exploration missions. We freely release our images along with a detailed catalog of the shadowed regions studied. V. T. Bickel, B. Moseley, E. Hauber, M. Shirley, J.-P. Williams, and D. A. Kring Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole USRA Houston Repository (Universities Space Research Association) Kring ENVELOPE(157.900,157.900,-74.983,-74.983) South Pole Geophysical Research Letters 49 16 |
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In the next couple of years a large number of robotic missions and payloads will be delivered to the Moon, ultimately culminating in crewed missions. Those missions aim at characterizing lunar polar volatiles, which are concentrated in regions of permanent shadow. However, the small-scale surface properties of shadowed regions remain largely unknown. The lack of knowledge poses a potential risk to future ground-based missions that seek to enter shadowed regions. Here, we use a machine learning-driven algorithm to remove noise from previously largely unusable satellite images of shadowed regions. We use those de-noised images to study the surface properties of 44 small, shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone close to the lunar south pole for the first time, identifying potential hazards, and recommending sites for future exploration missions. We freely release our images along with a detailed catalog of the shadowed regions studied. V. T. Bickel, B. Moseley, E. Hauber, M. Shirley, J.-P. Williams, and D. A. Kring |
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Bickel, Valentin Tertius Moseley, B. Hauber, Ernst Shirley, M. Williams, J.-P. Kring, David A. (David Allen) |
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Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone |
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Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone |
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Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone |
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LPI contribution no. 2709 Bickel, V. T., Moseley, B., Hauber, E., Shirley, M., Williams, J.-P., & Kring, D. A. (2022). Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099530. https://doi. org/10.1029/2022GL099530 doi:10.1029/2022GL099530 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1836 |
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