Lunar Topography

uploaded by mgmirkin September 26, 2009 at 10:28 am
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Lunar Topography by mgmirkin

Image Credit: Mark A. Wieczorek

Original Caption: The topography of the Moon referenced to the lunar geoid. The topogographic model is derived from the spherical harmonic model USGS359, and the lunar geoid was obtained from the gravity model LP150Q. The color coded topography is overlain on a shaded relief map.

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Topography of the Moon

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NP! ID: 2476294
Title: Lunar Topography
File Size: 800 × 595 – 345.98 KB

Created: Sat, 09/26/2009 - 10:28am
Modified: Sat, 09/26/2009 - 11:18am

File Type: image (jpeg)

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