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Radar profiles from 53 lunar days with processi...

Radar profiles from 53 lunar days with processing details: (a) processed radar image and...

Ling Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978 1

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Chang’e-4 landing site and the traversing path ...

Chang’e-4 landing site and the traversing path of Yutu-2 rover. (a) The location of Sout...

Ling Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978 1

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The 3D flat-bottomed paleocrater and its evolut...

The 3D flat-bottomed paleocrater and its evolutionary model. (a) 3D radar image reveals ...

Ling Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978 1

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Elevation information for the four secondary fl...

Elevation information for the four secondary flat-bottomed impact craters from Copernicu...

Ling Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978 1

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Plot of the regolith depth equation (W. L. Quai...

Plot of the regolith depth equation (W. L. Quaide & V. R. Oberbeck 1968). The solid line...

Ling Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978 1

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Impact crater degradation age model (A. T. Basi...

Impact crater degradation age model (A. T. Basilevskii 1976). (A), (B), and (C) are used...

Ling Zhang et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 978 1

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(a) Spectra of the 3 μm region extracted from a...

(a) Spectra of the 3 μm region extracted from a continuum-removed data cube. These spect...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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(a) Spectra of the 3 μm region extracted from a...

(a) Spectra of the 3 μm region extracted from a continuum-removed data cube. These spect...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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(a) Continuum-removed FTIR reflectance spectra ...

(a) Continuum-removed FTIR reflectance spectra from USGS spectral library 6 (Clark et al...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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(a) Simple cylindrical map of 3 μm water absorp...

(a) Simple cylindrical map of 3 μm water absorptions. The color scheme follows the color...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Narrow hydroxyl absorptions for the six band sh...

Narrow hydroxyl absorptions for the six band shapes and positions shown in Figure 4(b) a...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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M3 mosaic of global mode data, simple cylindric...

M3 mosaic of global mode data, simple cylindrical projection from −90 to +90 latitude, −...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Absorption bands detected in the 2–2.5 μm regio...

Absorption bands detected in the 2–2.5 μm region. This colored map is a Tetracorder stan...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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The 1.9 μm water band position. These are very ...

The 1.9 μm water band position. These are very weak absorptions, typically less than abo...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Image of the lunar surface with rover and astro...

Image of the lunar surface with rover and astronaut tracks showing that the disturbed so...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Pyroxene band position. North is up in this sim...

Pyroxene band position. North is up in this simple cylindrical map. This is a Tetracorde...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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A small farside crater near 32.°6N, 143.°6E, no...

A small farside crater near 32.°6N, 143.°6E, northwest of Moscoviense, and representativ...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Compton crater and the Compton–Belkovich volcan...

Compton crater and the Compton–Belkovich volcanic complex (upper left, near 61.°1N, 99.°...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Region near 40°N, 130°E on the lunar farside. (...

Region near 40°N, 130°E on the lunar farside. (Top) NIR apparent reflectance. (Bottom) 2...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Bullialdus region map with the six OH band posi...

Bullialdus region map with the six OH band positions from Figure 6. The colors match the...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Laboratory construction of a “cratered“ surface...

Laboratory construction of a “cratered“ surface on powdered basalt and illuminated at an...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Water-rich region near 45°N, 52°E. (a) NIR appa...

Water-rich region near 45°N, 52°E. (a) NIR apparent reflectance. (b) 2.8 μm OH map. (c) ...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Hydroxyl map with the six OH band positions fro...

Hydroxyl map with the six OH band positions from Figure 6 for the crater Genimus, near 3...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Region near 22°S, 148°E on the lunar farside. (...

Region near 22°S, 148°E on the lunar farside. (Top) NIR apparent reflectance. (Bottom) 2...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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Copernicus region map with the six OH band posi...

Copernicus region map with the six OH band positions from Figure 6 and colors matching t...

Roger N. Clark et al, The Planetary Science Journal 5 9

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