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Measurement of Lunar rotation with Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter data

Alexander Stark, Serena Annibali, Jürgen Oberst, Hauke Hußmann

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We use Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data to measure the rotational state of Earth's moon.After more than seven years in orbit about the Moon the LOLA instrument onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) provided excellent coverage of the lunar topography [1].In particular, at polar regions the density of highly accurate laser altimeter measurements permits creation of digital terrain models (DTMs) with spatial resolution of up to 10 meters.With the large amount of spatially concentrated and time-distributed measurements we can precisely track the rotation of the Moon.

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We use Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data to measure the rotational state of Earth's moon.After more than seven years in orbit about the Moon the LOLA instrument onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) provided excellent coverage of the lunar topography [1].In particular, at polar regions the density of highly accurate laser altimeter measurements permits creation of digital terrain models (DTMs) with spatial resolution of up to 10 meters.With the large amount of spatially concentrated and time-distributed measurements we can precisely track the rotation of the Moon.

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We use Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data to measure the rotational state of Earth's moon.After more than seven years in orbit about the Moon the LOLA instrument onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) provided excellent coverage of the lunar topography [1].In particular, at polar regions the density of highly accurate laser altimeter measurements permits creation of digital terrain models (DTMs) with spatial resolution of up to 10 meters.With the large amount of spatially concentrated and time-distributed measurements we can precisely track the rotation of the Moon.

Key concepts: Orbiter, Altimeter, Lunar orbit, Astrobiology, Remote sensing, Geodesy, Geology, Rotation (mathematics)

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