Compositional and morphological analysis of high resolution remote sensing data over central peak of Tycho crater on the Moon: Implications for understanding lunar interior

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1041-1046

  Chauhan, Prakash ^a   Kaur, Prabhjot ^a   Srivastava, Neeraj ^b   Bhattacharya, Satadru ^a   Ajai, ^a   Kiran Kumar, A S ^a   Goswami, J N ^b  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Central peak; Chandrayaan 1; Lunar interior; Remote sensing; Tycho crater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864507777     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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