Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2662-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254992
