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Geology of Shackleton Crater and the south pole of the Moon
Josset, Jean-Luc; Spudis, Paul D.; Bussey, Ben +2 more
Using new SMART-1 AMIE images and Arecibo and Goldstone high resolution radar images of the Moon, we investigate the geological relations of the south pole, including the 20 km-diameter crater Shackleton. The south pole is located inside the topographic rim of the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest impact crater on the Moon and …
Lunar degree 2 potential Love number determination from satellite tracking data
Matsumoto, K.; Goossens, S.
The lunar potential Love number k 2 has been determined using available satellite tracking data coming from the Lunar Orbiters I-V, the Apollo 15 and 16 subsatellites, Clementine and Lunar Prospector. Some SMART-1 spacecraft tracking data are also included. A previous determination using spacecraft data reported k 2 = 0.026 +…