Apollo 17 landing site: Topography, photometric corrections, and heterogeneity of the surrounding highland massifs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Robinson, Mark S ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollo 17; Clementine; Iron; Lucey method; Moon; Titanium

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HETEROGENEITY; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; PHOTOMETER; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037176032     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001614     Document Type: Article

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