Geology of Shackleton Crater and the south pole of the Moon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Spudis, Paul D ^a   Bussey, Ben ^b   Plescia, Jeffrey ^b   Joset, Jean Luc ^c   Beauvivre, Stéphane ^d  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Kyoto University   (Switzerland)

^d Micro Cameras SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GALLIUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LANDING; LUNAR MISSIONS; POLES;

HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR IMAGES; IMPACT CRATERS; LANDING SITES; SMART-1; SOUTH POLE; SOUTH POLE-AITKEN; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

MOON;

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MOON; RADAR IMAGERY; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 53749102048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034468     Document Type: Article

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