Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2012, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 292-303
Atlas of the Lunokhod-1: GIS-mapping of the Luna-17 landing site area
using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data
I.P. Karachevtseva
, A.A. Konopikhin
, K.B. Shingareva
, E.V. Cherepanova
, E.N. Gusakova
, M.A. Baskakova
Moscow state University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) MIIGAiK Extraterrestrial laboratory (MExLAb), 121552, Moscow, Gorokhovsky pereulok, 4, office 155
In 2009, has started a new mission Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which provides of high resolution remote
sensing data. Data LRO, received by stereo narrow angle camera (LRO NAC), allow generating digital elevation
models (DEM) with an accuracy of 12 m, which provides a mapping of the Moon surface with a high degree of
detailes. Using this data mapping of the Lunokhod-1 area has been done. Integration in GIS different types of results of
image processing, with various parameters of the study area, are presented in the form of a series of thematic maps of
Atlas of Lunokhod-1. As a result of a detailed study of the territory were proposed Russian names for the small craters
on the traverse of Lunokhod 1. The International Astronomical Union (IAU), June 14, 2012 officially approved the
proposed name and Lunar nomenclature now has 12 new names in the landing site of Luna-17.
Keywords: Lunokhod 1, GIS, Lunar mapping, planetary nomenclature
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