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Information about the variability, and spatial distribution of iron abundance is important to understand lunar geological history and for future resource utilization. In this paper we present a preliminary model to produce an iron abundance map using images taken by an Imaging Interferometer on board the satellite Chang’E-1. Compared with the Clementine UVVIS images, the images from the Chang’E-1 satellite also allowed for the extraction of FeO abundance distributions on the Moon. However, the preliminary model results suggest an underestimation of ∼2 wt.% for the FeO content of the mare region and an overestimation of ∼3 wt.% for the highland region.
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Ling, Z., Zhang, J., Liu, J. et al. Preliminary results of FeO mapping using Imaging Interferometer data from Chang’E-1. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56, 376–379 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-010-4301-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-010-4301-2