EXPERIMENTAL SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC COMPARISON OF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AND CERTAIN VOLCANIC DEPOSITS.

Abstract

The published data on the spectral reflectivity of the lunar maria and continents are compared to corresponding data for diverse samples of terrestrial rocks from Kamchatka and Kuril Islands. These samples were studied with a photoelectric spectrophotometer (in the region 450-590 millimicron). The spectral reflectivity curves for lapilli, volcanic sand, and brown volcanic scoriae coincide with the corresponding curves for the lunar surface in the limits of natural dispersion. Therefore, one can conclude that the presence on the moon of the pyroclastic materials of the type mentioned is possible. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0631970

Entities

People

  • I. I. Lebedeba

Organizations

  • American Meteorological Society

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Continents
  • Dispersions
  • Engineered Materials
  • Materials
  • Metamaterials
  • Plasmonic Materials
  • Plasmonic Metamaterials
  • Reflectivity
  • Spectrophotometers

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Seismology

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris