摘要
Information about the variability,and spatial distribution of iron abundance is important to understand lunar geological history and for future resource utilization. In this paper we present a preliminary model to produce an iron abundance map using images taken by an Imaging Interferometer on board the satellite Chang'E-1. Compared with the Clementine UVVIS images,the images from the Chang'E-1 satellite also allowed for the extraction of FeO abundance distributions on the Moon. However,the prelimi-nary model results suggest an underestimation of ～2 wt.% for the FeO content of the mare region and an overestimation of ～3 wt.% for the highland region.
Information about the variability, and spatial distribution of iron abundance is important to understand lunar geological history and for future resource utilization. In this paper we present a preliminary model to produce an iron abundance map using images taken by an Imaging Interferometer on board the satellite Chang＇E-1. Compared with the Clementine UVVIS images, the images from the Chang＇E-1 satellite also allowed for the extraction of FeO abundance distributions on the Moon. However, the prelimi- nary model results suggest an underestimation of ~2 wt.% for the FeO content of the mare region and an overestimation of -3 wt.% for the highland region.
基金
supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2008AA12A212/211/213)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (20090450580)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11003012)
the Young Researcher Grant of the National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences
