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Temporal image ratios derived from averaged WAC...

Temporal image ratios derived from averaged WAC images at two wavelengths (415 and 689 n...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Photographs showing the effects of various surf...

Photographs showing the effects of various surface disturbances caused by humans travers...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Phase angle ratio observations of a newly forme...

Phase angle ratio observations of a newly formed 50 m diameter crater. (a) LROC NAC M126...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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WAC phase angle ratio maps of the region where ...

WAC phase angle ratio maps of the region where the 70 m diameter crater formed (centered...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Distribution of high- (top) and low-reflectance...

Distribution of high- (top) and low-reflectance (bottom) splotches compared to the searc...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Hapke parameter map around a newly formed 50 m ...

Hapke parameter map around a newly formed 50 m diameter crater. Definitions of each para...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Resolvable Hapke parameter maps around a newly ...

Resolvable Hapke parameter maps around a newly formed 70 m diameter crater before and af...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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(a) Phase curve of the PHRZ and PLRZ and undist...

(a) Phase curve of the PHRZ and PLRZ and undisturbed background around a newly formed 35...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Phase curve derived from LROC WAC observations ...

Phase curve derived from LROC WAC observations of sample regions around the 70 m diamete...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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An example of a temporal image pair and corresp...

An example of a temporal image pair and corresponding temporal image ratio that suppress...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Four distinct reflectance zones around the 18 m...

Four distinct reflectance zones around the 18 m diameter crater that formed on 2013 Marc...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Representative lower-reflectance splotch around...

Representative lower-reflectance splotch around the 2013 March 17 impact crater and asso...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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An example image pair acquired at two different...

An example image pair acquired at two different phase angles and a phase angle ratio ima...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Distribution of photometric angles covered by t...

Distribution of photometric angles covered by the WAC for a single point (latitude: 0°, ...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Averaged WAC images (689 nm band) and associate...

Averaged WAC images (689 nm band) and associated temporal image ratios of the five crate...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Modeled reflectance maps of the lunar surface o...

Modeled reflectance maps of the lunar surface observed at (a) i = 30°, e = 0°, and g = 3...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Phase curves of three regions around the Apollo...

Phase curves of three regions around the Apollo 15 S-IVB impact derived from 49 LROC NAC...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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A portion of a photometric image sequence of a ...

A portion of a photometric image sequence of a newly formed 50 m diameter crater. Each s...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Temporal images of the six craters examined in ...

Temporal images of the six craters examined in this study. (a)–(b) 70 m diameter crater;...

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Temporal image ratio image of the 70 m crater d...

Temporal image ratio image of the 70 m crater derived using averaged WAC observations.

Emerson Speyerer et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 4

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Mutual events of Huya throughout its 2033–2043 ...

Mutual events of Huya throughout its 2033–2043 mutual event season. Huya’s pole orientat...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Our prediction of the light curves of Altjira’s...

Our prediction of the light curves of Altjira’s 2025 October 2 mutual event. Faint gray ...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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The predicted light curves of Altjira’s 2026 Se...

The predicted light curves of Altjira’s 2026 September 1 mutual event, in the same style...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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An example of the light curve of Altjira’s 2025...

An example of the light curve of Altjira’s 2025 October 2 mutual event if the system has...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 1

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Comparison of the cosmic-ray fluxes (top) and w...

Comparison of the cosmic-ray fluxes (top) and wave spectra (bottom) obtained with the de...

Linh Han Thanh et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 1

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