Thermal Infrared Spectra of Lunar Soils
β Scribed by John W. Salisbury; Abhijit Basu; Erich M. Fischer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 456 KB
- Volume
- 130
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-1035
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β¦ Synopsis
dances of plagioclase and pyroxene, and can be used for laboratory studies of lunar soils. More certain and more quanti-We have measured the infrared (2.08-14 m) directional tative mineralogical analyses of lunar soils appear feasible after hemispherical reflectance spectra of lunar soils representing additional spectral analysis of soil separates, and additional the major lithologic units so far sampled on the lunar surface, mineralogical analysis of soil samples for which spectral data and soils of different exposure ages within those units. Such are available.
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A principal goal of the Lunar Soil Characterization Consortium (LSCC) is to evaluate tools that might be successfully used in remote compositional analysis of the lunar surface. Mathematical methods are extremely valuable to assess whether variations exist in a statistically significant manner, inde