Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Near Side of the Moon (eBook)

Title Page 2
Copyright Page 3
Preface 4
Table of Contents 7
Chapter 1 Overview of the Atlas 9
1.1. Content 9
1.2. How to Use This Atlas 9
1.3. Large-Scale Maps 10
Chapter 2 Lunar Orbiter Mission 4 13
2.1. The Mission 13
2.2. Mission Design 13
2.3. The Cameras 13
2.4. The Film 13
2.5. Scanning and Reconstruction 15
2.6. Scanning Artifacts 15
2.7. Cleaning the Images 15
Chapter 3 Overview of the Near Side of the Moon 16
3.1. Origin of the Moon 16
3.2. The Near Side Versus the Far Side 16
3.3. Mare and Highlands 16
3.4. Basins 17
3.5. Landmarks for Geography 17
3.6. Descriptions of Landmark Regions 17
Orientale Basin Region 18
Humorum Basin Region 18
Imbrium Basin Region 18
Nectaris Basin Region 18
Serenitatis Basin Region 18
Eastern Basins Region 18
North Polar Region 18
South Polar Region 18
3.7. The Ages of the Lunar Features 18
Estimating Ages 18
Named Age Ranges 18
Chapter 4 Organization of the Photos 19
4.1. Grouping by Landmark Regions 19
4.2. Order: West to East and South to North 19
4.3. Clean and Annotated Images 19
4.4. High-Resolution Frames and Subframes 19
4.5. Discussion Notes 19
4.6. Enclosed Compact Disc (CD) 19
Chapter 5 Orientale Basin Region 21
5.1. Overview 21
Orientale, the Archetype Multi-Ringed Basin 21
Crater Morphology as a Function of Size 22
Surroundings of the Orientale Basin 22
5.2. High-Resolution Images 22
Chapter 6 Humorum Basin Region 63
6.1. Overview 63
Basins, Maria, and Highlands 63
Apollo Landings 64
6.2. High-Resolution Images 64
Chapter 7 Imbrium Basin Region 108
7.1. Overview 108
The Imbrium Basin 108
Oceanus Procellarum 108
Fra Mauro Formation 109
7.2. High-Resolution Images 110
Chapter 8 Nectaris Basin Region 163
8.1. Overview 163
Basins, Maria, and Highlands 163
Apollo Landing 164
8.2. High-Resolution Images 164
Chapter 9 Serenitatis Basin Region 208
9.1. Overview 208
Serenitatis Basin 209
Apollo Landings 209
9.2. High-Resolution Images 209
Chapter 10 Eastern Basins Region 252
10.1. Overview 252
The Crisium Basin 252
The Australe Basin 252
The Smythii Basin 252
10.2. High-Resolution Images 252
Chapter 11 North Polar Region 271
11.1. Overview 271
Mare Frigoris 271
The Humboldtianum Basin 272
The North Polar Highlands 272
The North Pole 272
11.2. High-Resolution Images 272
Chapter 12 South Polar Region 299
12.1. Overview 299
Western Sector of the South Polar Region 299
Central Sector of the South Polar Region 299
Eastern Sector of the South Polar Region 299
The South Pole 299
12.2. High-Resolution Images 300
Glossary 331
References 332
General Index 333
IAU Named Features 334