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The Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon

  • Provides a global, high-resolution topographical map of the Moon

  • Illustrates the whole shape of the Moon and the lunar surface terrain, including the far side of the Moon

  • Identifies many of the named features on the surface of the Moon

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction of the CCD Stereo Camera
    Chunlai Li, Jianjun Liu, Lingli Mu, Xin Ren, Wei Zuo
    Pages 1-1
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  3. Global Topographic Map of the Moon
    Chunlai Li, Jianjun Liu, Lingli Mu, Xin Ren, Wei Zuo
    Pages 3-9
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  4. Subdivision Topographic Maps of the Moon
    Chunlai Li, Jianjun Liu, Lingli Mu, Xin Ren, Wei Zuo
    Pages 10-201
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  5. Back Matter
    Pages 203-238
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About this book

Introduction

This atlas is based on the lunar global Digital Elevation Models (DEM) of Chang'E-1 (CE-1), and presents CCD stereo image data with digital photogrammetry. The spatial resolution of the DEM in this atlas is 500m, with horizontal accuracy of 192m and vertical accuracy of 120m. Color-shaded relief maps with contour lines are used to show the lunar topographical characteristics. The topographical data gathered by CE-1 can provide fundamental information for the study of lunar topographical, morphological and geological structures, as well as for lunar evolution research.

Keywords

CCD stereo image Chang'E lunar probe Chang'E-1 spacecraft Chinese Lunar Exploration Program DEM Lunar Surface DEM Moon Digital elevation model Lunar topographic characters Lunar topographical map Moon topological map remote sensing/photogrammetry

Authors and affiliations

  1. 1.National Astronomical ObservatoriesChinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)BeijingChina
  2. 2.National Astronomical ObservatoriesChinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)BeijingChina
  3. 3.National Astronomical ObservatoriesChinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)BeijingChina
  4. 4.National Astronomical ObservatoriesChinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)BeijingChina
  5. 5.National Astronomical ObservatoriesChinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)BeijingChina

About the authors

Prof. Chunlai LI is the deputy director of National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the vice president of Chinese society of space sciences. He is also the Head of department of Lunar and deep space exploration; General designer of ground research and application system, Chinese lunar exploration program. His research interests include lunar and martian geomorphology and geology, planetary remote sensing, impact cratering, cosmochemistry, planetary meteorites and comparative planetology.

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Reviews

“This lovely, featured book will have you easily finding your way about the lunar surface. … I recommend ‘The Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon’ by Chunlai Li, Jianjun Liu, Lingli Mu, Xin Ren and Wei Zuo. It may guide you to all sorts of interesting features and finds.” (Mark Mortimer, Universe Today, universetoday.com, March, 2016)