Observations of the lunar regolith and the Earth from the television camera on Surveyor 7
Journal of Geophysical Research
By: Eugene Merle Shoemaker, R. M. Batson, H. E. Holt, E. C. Morris, J. J. Rennilson, and E. A. Whitaker
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Abstract
Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft of the Surveyor series, landed about 30 km north of the rim crest of Tycho, one of the most prominent and well-known features in the southern part of the moon. About 21,000 pictures were transmitted during two lunar days of operation. At the Surveyor 7 site, the cumulative size-frequency distribution of craters 13 cm to 3 meters in diameter follows closely the distribution of craters observed at the other Surveyor sites in the lunar maria. This distribution of small craters is believed to be a steady-state distribution.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Observations of the lunar regolith and the Earth from the television camera on Surveyor 7 |
| Series title | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| DOI | 10.1029/JB074i025p06081 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 25 |
| Publication Date | September 20, 2012 |
| Year Published | 1969 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Description | 39 p. |
| First page | 6081 |
| Last page | 6119 |
| Other Geospatial | Lunar maria, Moon, Tycho crater |