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Jan 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998nvmi.confr..33g&link_type=abstract
Workshop on New Views of the Moon: Integrated Remotely Sensed, Geophysical, and Sample Datasets, p. 33
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Lunar Prospector, Lunar Surface, Data Bases, Data Retrieval, World Wide Web, Doppler Radar, Gamma Ray Spectrometers, Neutron Spectrometers, Reflectometers, Spectrometers
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The Lunar Prospector (LP) is operating in a 100-km circular polar orbit around the Moon. The LP project's one-year primary mission began in January 1998. A six-month extended mission in a lower orbit is also possible. LP has five science instruments, housed on three booms: a gamma-ray spectrometer, a neutron spectrometer, an alpha-particle spectrometer, a magnetometer, and an electron reflectometer. In addition, a gravity experiment uses Doppler tracking data to derive gravity measurements. The major science objectives of LP are to determine the Moon's surface abundance of selected elements, to map the gravity and magnetic fields, to search for surface ice deposits, and to determine the locations of gas release events. The Geosciences Node of the NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) is providing a lead role in working with the Lunar Prospector project to produce and distribute a series of archives of LP data. The Geosciences Node is developing a Web-based system to provide services for searching and browsing through the LP data archives, and for distributing the data electronically or on CDs. This system will also provide links to other relevant lunar datasets, such as Clementine image mosaics and telescopic and laboratory spectral reflectance data.
Binder Alan B.
Guinness Edward A.
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