SOME MORPHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE LUNAR SURFACE: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FROM LUNAR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS.

Abstract

A numerically-expressed and relatively objective system of topographic description which was used to delimit homogeneous 'terrain regions' in Central Europe is applied to the lunar surface, hoping to delimit reasonably homogeneous topographic regions, and then use the numerical descriptions of these regions to infer, statistically, the configuration of the lunar surface at a scale far below that from which the basic data were taken. The principal objective is to be a prediction of surface roughness, an estimation of the configuration of the microterrain upon which projected manned vehicles would have to land or over which they would maneuver.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 1964
Accession Number
AD0616899

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Pike

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Europe
  • Europe
  • Maneuvers
  • Physical Properties
  • Roughness
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Roughness

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris