Kaguya Lunar Radar Sounder observation of Sinus Iridum

Author

Kobayashi, Takao ; Lee, Seung Ryeol ; Ping, Jin Song

Author_Institution

Geologic Res. Div., Korea Inst. of Geosci. & Miner. Resources, Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

4-8 June 2012

Firstpage

913

Lastpage

916

Abstract

Chang´E-3, Chinese lunar landing mission, is scheduled to be launched in 2013 and is planned to land in Sinus Iridum. Its landing (rover) mission is planned to conduct Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) measurement. In a context with the Chang´E-3 GPR mission, we investigated subsurface structure of Sinus Iridum by using Kaguya Lunar Radar Sounder (LRS) data. LRS data revealed multi-layer structure of shallow subsurface in Sinus Iridum as well as inhomogeneous distribution of surface reflectivity over Sinus Iridum. Obtained information shall be considered in determining the final landing point of Chang´E-3.

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; lunar surface; space vehicles; Chang´E-3 GPR mission; Chinese lunar landing mission; GPR measurement; Ground Penetrating Radar measurement; Kaguya Lunar Radar Sounder observation; LRS; Sinus Iridum; landing rover mission; multilayer structure; subsurface structure; surface reflectivity; Ground penetrating radar; Moon; Optical surface waves; Surface treatment; Surface waves; Synthetic aperture radar; Chang´E-3; Kaguya; Lunar Radar Sounder; Moon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), 2012 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2662-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254992

Filename

6254992