Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jgr....9923211d&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 99, no. E11, p. 23,211-23,214
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Lunar Far Side, Lunar Maps, Lunar Photographs, Apollo Flights, Astronomical Maps, Galileo Project, Mariner 10 Space Probe
Scientific paper
The objective of the unified lunar control network is to combine a series of control networks into one compatible network with its origin at the center of mass of the Moon and its coordinates referred to the mean Earth/polar axis system. The initial unified system contained 130 nearside points from Apollo data and 1026 from telescopic data. It also contained ten Mariner 10 points. The total number of points was 1166. The current network includes modifications to the past network and extends the coverage. Coordinates of points north of the Apollo region have been recomputed based on Galileo images from the second Earth-Moon flyby. Coordinates of points in the Apollo region were held fixed; however, coordinates of points north of the Apollo region in the telescopic region and many Mariner 10 points were recomputed. All of the Mariner 10 points were remeasured and integrated into the network. Additional points in the Apollo region including the farside have been added. The unified network now contains 1478 points. Apollo, Mariner 10, and Galileo pictures all contained some farside points. The coordinates of the 1478 points are available only in the microfiche supplement to this paper.
Colvin Tim R.
Davies Merton E.
Meyer Donald L.
Nelson Sandra
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