Topographic mapping of the moon

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Apr 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985em%26p...32..165w&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 32, April 1985, p. 165-172.

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Lunar Maps, Lunar Surface, Lunar Topography, Photogrammetry, Apollo Flights, Lunar Gravitation, Lunar Orbiter, Selenography, Spherical Harmonics

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Contour maps of the moon have been compiled by photogrammetric methods that use stereoscopic combinations of all available metric photographs from the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. The maps utilize the same format as the existing NASA shaded-relief Lunar Planning Charts (LOC-1, -2, -3, and -4), which have a scale of 1:2,750,000. The map contour interval is 500 m. A control net derived from Apollo photographs by Doyle and others was used for the compilation. Contour lines and elevations are referred to the new topographic datum of the moon, which is defined in terms of spherical harmonics from the lunar gravity field. Compilation of all four LOC charts was completed on analytical plotters from 566 stereo models of Apollo metric photographs that cover approximately 20 percent of the moon. This is the first step toward compiling a global topographic map of the moon at a scale of 1:5,000,000.

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