Lunar Laser Ranging has extremely high requirements for the pointing accuracy of the telescopes used.To improve its pointing accuracy and solve the problem of insufficiently accurate telescope pointing correction achi...Lunar Laser Ranging has extremely high requirements for the pointing accuracy of the telescopes used.To improve its pointing accuracy and solve the problem of insufficiently accurate telescope pointing correction achieved by tracking stars in the all-sky region,we propose a processing scheme to select larger-sized lunar craters near the Lunar Corner Cube Retroreflector as reference features for telescope pointing bias computation.Accurately determining the position of the craters in the images is crucial for calculating the pointing bias;therefore,we propose a method for accurately calculating the crater position based on lunar surface feature matching.This method uses matched feature points obtained from image feature matching,using a deep learning method to solve the image transformation matrix.The known position of a crater in a reference image is mapped using this matrix to calculate the crater position in the target image.We validate this method using craters near the Lunar Corner Cube Retroreflectors of Apollo 15 and Luna 17 and find that the calculated position of a crater on the target image falls on the center of the crater,even for image features with large distortion near the lunar limb.The maximum image matching error is approximately 1″,and the minimum is only 0.47″,which meets the pointing requirements of Lunar Laser Ranging.This method provides a new technical means for the high-precision pointing bias calculation of the Lunar Laser Ranging system.展开更多
A lunar geologic map at a scale of 1：5000000 was finished in the 1970s by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S U.S. Geological Survey. Department of the Interior, Till now, the landform classificati...A lunar geologic map at a scale of 1：5000000 was finished in the 1970s by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S U.S. Geological Survey. Department of the Interior, Till now, the landform classification system and lunar morphologic mapping have not been clarified. The work aims to put forward a new landform classification system and to obtain index and map in the Sheet H010. Some key morphologic features of lunar surface were compared with those of the Earth. This research is very important for whole lunar morphologic mapping and unraveling evolutionary progress.展开更多
As a platform for longer-term continuous moon-based earth radiation observation(MERO)which includes reflected solar short-wave(SW)radiation and long-wave infrared(LW)radiation,the huge lunar surface space can provide ...As a platform for longer-term continuous moon-based earth radiation observation(MERO)which includes reflected solar short-wave(SW)radiation and long-wave infrared(LW)radiation,the huge lunar surface space can provide multiple location choices.It is important to analyze the influence of lunar surface position on irradiance which is the aim of the present work based on a radiation heat transfer model.To compare the differences caused by positions,the site of 0°E 0°N was selected as the reference site and a good agreement of the calculation results was verified by the comparison with the NISTAR’s actual detected data.By analyzing the spatial characteristics of the irradiance,the results showed that the irradiance on the lunar surface was of circular distribution and the instrument that was placed in the region of 65°W-65°E and 65°S-65°N could detect the irradiance most effectively.The relative deviation between the reference site and the marginal area(region of>65°S or 65°N or>65°W or 65°E)was less than 0.9 mW∙m^(-2) and the small regional differences make a small-scale network conducive to radiometric calibration between instruments.To achieve accurate measurement of the irradiance,the sensitivity design goal of the MERO instrument should be better than 1 mW∙m^(-2) in a future actual design.Because the lunar polar region is the priority region for future exploration,the irradiance at the poles has also been analyzed.The results show that the irradiance changes periodically and exhibits complementary characteristics of time.The variation range of irradiance for short-wave radiation is greater than longwave radiation and the irradiance of SW reaches the maximum at different times.The MERO at the polar region will provide valuable practical experiment for the followup study of the moon-based earth observation in low latitudes.展开更多
Calibration is a key issue for quantitative application of meteorological satellite data. The complex space environment may cause many uncertainties in data calibration. A highly stable and reliable calibrator in flig...Calibration is a key issue for quantitative application of meteorological satellite data. The complex space environment may cause many uncertainties in data calibration. A highly stable and reliable calibrator in flight is needed. Because the Moon has no atmosphere and no environmental variation, the physical and chemical properties of its surface are stable in the long term. The Moon might be an ideal candidate for in-flight thermal calibration. In advanced satellite-borne microwave remote sensing such as NOAA-18, the deep space view(DSV) of the microwave humidity sounder(MHS) has viewed the Moon many times every year.Using the thermal-physical properties of the lunar regolith derived from the Diviner infrared(IR) brightness temperature(TB) data,we solve the one-dimensional heat conduction equation to obtain the temperature profile of the near side of the lunar regolith medium. The loss tangents of the regolith medium are retrieved from microwave TB data of the Chinese satellite Chang’e-2. The integrated radiative transfer equation is used to simulate the weighted disk-average TB of the lunar surface for the MHS channels at89, 157, and 183 GHz for the year 2011. The Moon is taken as an extended circular target. The simulated TBs are used to correct the full width at half maximum(FWHM) fitted with the MHS counts. We analyze the influences of the distance between the satellite and the Moon, the lunar phase angle, and the FWHM of the radiometer on the inverted FWHM. The corrected TB data are compared with the simulation. This paper presents a new method for thermal calibration of spaceborne in-flight microwave and millimeter-wave radiometers with the weighted disk-average TB of the lunar surface.展开更多
The International Lunar Observatory Association(ILOA) is an inter-global enterprise incorporated in Hawai’i as a non-profit organization in 2007 to advance human understanding the cosmos through observation of the mo...The International Lunar Observatory Association(ILOA) is an inter-global enterprise incorporated in Hawai’i as a non-profit organization in 2007 to advance human understanding the cosmos through observation of the moon, helping to realize long-term astronomical and scientific exploration of the moon’s South Pole, and participate in a human lunar base build-out-with Aloha. ILOA has an international board of 28 Directors from around the world. Science education and public engagement have been fundamental principles for ILOA since its inception in 2007.展开更多
Various kinds of energetic particles can directly and continuously interact with the lunar surface since there is no atmosphere and no global magnetic field on the Moon.How energetic particles distribute on the Moon a...Various kinds of energetic particles can directly and continuously interact with the lunar surface since there is no atmosphere and no global magnetic field on the Moon.How energetic particles distribute on the Moon and what are their roles in the space weathering caused by the interactions between energetic particles and the lunar surface are the essential problems that need to be solved urgently in lunar science.In this paper,the research status and related scientific problems of the origin,distribution,and evolution of lunar energetic particles are summarized.The lunar exploration programs proposed by different countries and organizations are listed,and directions for future development are also discussed in this paper.Finally,based on the open questions and future focuses,we put forward several suggestions about China’s future lunar exploration programs and technical specifications of scientific payloads.展开更多
Lunar dust, the finest fraction of lunar regolith, has undergone important space weathering on the Moon. It not only serves as a record of the evolution of the lunar surface environment and the modification of mineral...Lunar dust, the finest fraction of lunar regolith, has undergone important space weathering on the Moon. It not only serves as a record of the evolution of the lunar surface environment and the modification of mineral properties, but also influences the lunar surface environment through dust transport. Our current understanding of the properties and transport mechanisms of lunar dust on the lunar surface, however, remains limited. With rapid development of lunar exploration, it is necessary to further study the problem and meet the need of future lunar exploration missions. The lunar surface is the primary environmental space where uncrewed lunar rover activity, crewed lunar exploration, and lunar base construction take place. The lunar dust will distribute in such a space area due to electrostatic lifting and impacted sputtering, which will pose a threat to lunar surface exploration activities. In addition, lunar dust transport is closely related to lunar horizon glow, lunar swirl, and lunar magnetic anomaly. Understanding the properties and transport mechanisms of lunar dust is key to comprehending the formation of these scientific phenomena. Therefore, a systematic and in-depth investigation of lunar dust properties and dust transport patterns is urgently required to advance lunar science and implement lunar exploration projects. In this study, we summarize the physical and chemical properties of lunar dust and our understanding of dust transport on the lunar surface, identify remaining challenges and issues in the study of lunar dust, and offer perspectives on this research field.展开更多
As the nearest celestial body to the earth, the moon has become a hot spot again in astronomy field recently. The element analysis is a much important subject in many lunar projects. Remote X-ray spectrometry plays an...As the nearest celestial body to the earth, the moon has become a hot spot again in astronomy field recently. The element analysis is a much important subject in many lunar projects. Remote X-ray spectrometry plays an important role in the geochemical exploration of the solar bodies. Because of the quasi-vacuum atmosphere on the moon, which has no absorption of X-ray, the X-ray fluorescence analysis is an effective way to determine the elemental abundance of lunar surface. The CE-1 X-ray fluorescence spectrometer （CE-1/XFS） aims to map the major elemental compositions on the lunar surface. This paper describes a method for quantitative analysis of elemental compositions. A series of ground base experiments are done to examine the capability of XFS. The obtained results, which show a reasonable agreement with the certified values at a 30% uncertainty level for major elements, are presented.展开更多
基金funded by Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province(20220101125JC)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12273079).
文摘Lunar Laser Ranging has extremely high requirements for the pointing accuracy of the telescopes used.To improve its pointing accuracy and solve the problem of insufficiently accurate telescope pointing correction achieved by tracking stars in the all-sky region,we propose a processing scheme to select larger-sized lunar craters near the Lunar Corner Cube Retroreflector as reference features for telescope pointing bias computation.Accurately determining the position of the craters in the images is crucial for calculating the pointing bias;therefore,we propose a method for accurately calculating the crater position based on lunar surface feature matching.This method uses matched feature points obtained from image feature matching,using a deep learning method to solve the image transformation matrix.The known position of a crater in a reference image is mapped using this matrix to calculate the crater position in the target image.We validate this method using craters near the Lunar Corner Cube Retroreflectors of Apollo 15 and Luna 17 and find that the calculated position of a crater on the target image falls on the center of the crater,even for image features with large distortion near the lunar limb.The maximum image matching error is approximately 1″,and the minimum is only 0.47″,which meets the pointing requirements of Lunar Laser Ranging.This method provides a new technical means for the high-precision pointing bias calculation of the Lunar Laser Ranging system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.41571388)
文摘A lunar geologic map at a scale of 1：5000000 was finished in the 1970s by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S U.S. Geological Survey. Department of the Interior, Till now, the landform classification system and lunar morphologic mapping have not been clarified. The work aims to put forward a new landform classification system and to obtain index and map in the Sheet H010. Some key morphologic features of lunar surface were compared with those of the Earth. This research is very important for whole lunar morphologic mapping and unraveling evolutionary progress.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41590855)。
文摘As a platform for longer-term continuous moon-based earth radiation observation(MERO)which includes reflected solar short-wave(SW)radiation and long-wave infrared(LW)radiation,the huge lunar surface space can provide multiple location choices.It is important to analyze the influence of lunar surface position on irradiance which is the aim of the present work based on a radiation heat transfer model.To compare the differences caused by positions,the site of 0°E 0°N was selected as the reference site and a good agreement of the calculation results was verified by the comparison with the NISTAR’s actual detected data.By analyzing the spatial characteristics of the irradiance,the results showed that the irradiance on the lunar surface was of circular distribution and the instrument that was placed in the region of 65°W-65°E and 65°S-65°N could detect the irradiance most effectively.The relative deviation between the reference site and the marginal area(region of>65°S or 65°N or>65°W or 65°E)was less than 0.9 mW∙m^(-2) and the small regional differences make a small-scale network conducive to radiometric calibration between instruments.To achieve accurate measurement of the irradiance,the sensitivity design goal of the MERO instrument should be better than 1 mW∙m^(-2) in a future actual design.Because the lunar polar region is the priority region for future exploration,the irradiance at the poles has also been analyzed.The results show that the irradiance changes periodically and exhibits complementary characteristics of time.The variation range of irradiance for short-wave radiation is greater than longwave radiation and the irradiance of SW reaches the maximum at different times.The MERO at the polar region will provide valuable practical experiment for the followup study of the moon-based earth observation in low latitudes.
文摘Calibration is a key issue for quantitative application of meteorological satellite data. The complex space environment may cause many uncertainties in data calibration. A highly stable and reliable calibrator in flight is needed. Because the Moon has no atmosphere and no environmental variation, the physical and chemical properties of its surface are stable in the long term. The Moon might be an ideal candidate for in-flight thermal calibration. In advanced satellite-borne microwave remote sensing such as NOAA-18, the deep space view(DSV) of the microwave humidity sounder(MHS) has viewed the Moon many times every year.Using the thermal-physical properties of the lunar regolith derived from the Diviner infrared(IR) brightness temperature(TB) data,we solve the one-dimensional heat conduction equation to obtain the temperature profile of the near side of the lunar regolith medium. The loss tangents of the regolith medium are retrieved from microwave TB data of the Chinese satellite Chang’e-2. The integrated radiative transfer equation is used to simulate the weighted disk-average TB of the lunar surface for the MHS channels at89, 157, and 183 GHz for the year 2011. The Moon is taken as an extended circular target. The simulated TBs are used to correct the full width at half maximum(FWHM) fitted with the MHS counts. We analyze the influences of the distance between the satellite and the Moon, the lunar phase angle, and the FWHM of the radiometer on the inverted FWHM. The corrected TB data are compared with the simulation. This paper presents a new method for thermal calibration of spaceborne in-flight microwave and millimeter-wave radiometers with the weighted disk-average TB of the lunar surface.
文摘The International Lunar Observatory Association(ILOA) is an inter-global enterprise incorporated in Hawai’i as a non-profit organization in 2007 to advance human understanding the cosmos through observation of the moon, helping to realize long-term astronomical and scientific exploration of the moon’s South Pole, and participate in a human lunar base build-out-with Aloha. ILOA has an international board of 28 Directors from around the world. Science education and public engagement have been fundamental principles for ILOA since its inception in 2007.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(grant no.L2224032)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(grant NO.XK2022DXC004).
文摘Various kinds of energetic particles can directly and continuously interact with the lunar surface since there is no atmosphere and no global magnetic field on the Moon.How energetic particles distribute on the Moon and what are their roles in the space weathering caused by the interactions between energetic particles and the lunar surface are the essential problems that need to be solved urgently in lunar science.In this paper,the research status and related scientific problems of the origin,distribution,and evolution of lunar energetic particles are summarized.The lunar exploration programs proposed by different countries and organizations are listed,and directions for future development are also discussed in this paper.Finally,based on the open questions and future focuses,we put forward several suggestions about China’s future lunar exploration programs and technical specifications of scientific payloads.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41931077)the Strategic Priority Program of CAS(No.XDB41020300)+2 种基金the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects(No.GZ2019SIG)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(L2224032)the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XK2022DXC004).
文摘Lunar dust, the finest fraction of lunar regolith, has undergone important space weathering on the Moon. It not only serves as a record of the evolution of the lunar surface environment and the modification of mineral properties, but also influences the lunar surface environment through dust transport. Our current understanding of the properties and transport mechanisms of lunar dust on the lunar surface, however, remains limited. With rapid development of lunar exploration, it is necessary to further study the problem and meet the need of future lunar exploration missions. The lunar surface is the primary environmental space where uncrewed lunar rover activity, crewed lunar exploration, and lunar base construction take place. The lunar dust will distribute in such a space area due to electrostatic lifting and impacted sputtering, which will pose a threat to lunar surface exploration activities. In addition, lunar dust transport is closely related to lunar horizon glow, lunar swirl, and lunar magnetic anomaly. Understanding the properties and transport mechanisms of lunar dust is key to comprehending the formation of these scientific phenomena. Therefore, a systematic and in-depth investigation of lunar dust properties and dust transport patterns is urgently required to advance lunar science and implement lunar exploration projects. In this study, we summarize the physical and chemical properties of lunar dust and our understanding of dust transport on the lunar surface, identify remaining challenges and issues in the study of lunar dust, and offer perspectives on this research field.
文摘As the nearest celestial body to the earth, the moon has become a hot spot again in astronomy field recently. The element analysis is a much important subject in many lunar projects. Remote X-ray spectrometry plays an important role in the geochemical exploration of the solar bodies. Because of the quasi-vacuum atmosphere on the moon, which has no absorption of X-ray, the X-ray fluorescence analysis is an effective way to determine the elemental abundance of lunar surface. The CE-1 X-ray fluorescence spectrometer （CE-1/XFS） aims to map the major elemental compositions on the lunar surface. This paper describes a method for quantitative analysis of elemental compositions. A series of ground base experiments are done to examine the capability of XFS. The obtained results, which show a reasonable agreement with the certified values at a 30% uncertainty level for major elements, are presented.
