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The Moon´s Largest Craters and Basins: Images and Topographic Maps from LRO, GRAIL, and Kaguya
Charles J. Byrne
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Description for The Moon´s Largest Craters and Basins: Images and Topographic Maps from LRO, GRAIL, and Kaguya
Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 150 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
This most recent book from lunar expert Charles J. Byrne combines the latest comprehensive imagery, topography and gravity data from all three recent Moon missions, Kaguya, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and GRAIL. These major polar-orbit surveys are presented here in compact form for the convenience of amateur and practical astronomers concerned with the Moon. Chosen from the Near and Far Side's large craters and basins over 200 km in diameter, each of the 71 highlighted features is depicted with a two-page presentation of the data that includes false color topographic maps next to the mission images. Additionally, the features are presented ... Read more
This most recent book from lunar expert Charles J. Byrne combines the latest comprehensive imagery, topography and gravity data from all three recent Moon missions, Kaguya, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and GRAIL. These major polar-orbit surveys are presented here in compact form for the convenience of amateur and practical astronomers concerned with the Moon. Chosen from the Near and Far Side's large craters and basins over 200 km in diameter, each of the 71 highlighted features is depicted with a two-page presentation of the data that includes false color topographic maps next to the mission images. Additionally, the features are presented ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
247
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319220314
SKU
V9783319220314
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About Charles J. Byrne
Most of Charles J. Byrne's career after receiving a BSEE from RPI and MSEE from Caltech has been spent at Bell Laboratories as a researcher in communications and a manager of the development of operations systems for communication networks. During the Apollo project, he moved to Bellcom, an ATT subsidiary that served as the system engineering arm ... Read more
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