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Radar Mapping of the Moon at 162 Mhz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

J. E. B. Ponsonby ,
I. Morison ,
A. R. Birks  and
J. K. Landon
J. E. B. Ponsonby
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
I. Morison
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
A. R. Birks
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
J. K. Landon
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Abstract

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The result of Lunar radar mapping observations are presented, which were made at Jodrell Bank in January and February 1970 at 162.4 MHz in the depolarized return. The Maps show that most of the depolarized return comes from the highland regions. No significant return has been detected from the Maria. Certain isolated features are particularly prominent, notably the craters Tycho and Theophilus which appear almost equally intense, also the areas around Werner and Fourier. Various other features can be identified with less reliability. These results are discussed in qualitative terms.

Type
Part II: Scientific Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 47: The Moon , 1972 , pp. 68 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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