HOW GOOD IS THE LUNIK III MOON PHOTOGRAPHY,

Abstract

In a previous paper, 'Lunar Exploration by Photography from a Space Vehicle,' the author discussed a photographic system for obtaining high-quality pictures of the moon. Included was a comparison of the surface detail yielded by astronomical lunar photography with that afforded by conventional aerial photography. It is the purpose of the present paper to compare the quality of the released Soviet pictures of the back side of the moon with that of conventional, earth-originated photographs of the front side. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 04, 1960
Accession Number
AD0616509

Entities

People

  • Merton E. Davies

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photography
  • Cameras
  • Lunar Exploration
  • Moon
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris