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Optics of the Moon,

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Editors: By Yuriy Shkuratov, Gorden Videen and Vadym Kaydash

Publication Date: 24 Jan 2025

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Optics of the Moon offers a modern approach to lunar remote sensing. It presents methods for interpreting optics of surfaces with complicated structures, in particular, the lunar regolith. For example, this book illustrates how phase-ratio techniques can lead to the detection of surface structure anomalies and describes polarimetric studies of the lunar surface and their use. This book addresses many questions related to the surfaces of the Moon, such as why the Moon looks like a ball at a large phase angle and like a disk in full moon, why the lunar surface has slight color variations, and why at large phase angles its polarization degree closely correlates with albedo.

Including historical perspectives, case studies, maps, and figures to enhance the understanding of both theory and techniques, Optics of the Moon is a valuable resource for researchers and students in lunar and planetary science and remote sensing.

Key Features

Includes case studies, maps, and color figures to illustrate concepts clearly with a specific application to the Moon
Presents theories alongside experimental and observational data to support and describe modern techniques
Communicates new approaches and methods related to the optics of lunar surfaces

About the author

By Yuriy Shkuratov, Professor and Astronomy Dept. Head, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine; Gorden Videen, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute, US and Vadym Kaydash, Director, Astronomical Institute of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

1. Lunar histories
2. Observational lunar photometry
3. Phase-ratio imagery of the Moon
4. Elementary basis of lunar spectroscopy
5. Imaging the Moon’s spectral parameters: chemical and mineral composition
6. Thermal radiation and other tools to study hydrogen compounds of the lunar surface
7. Lunar polarimetry: observations with telescopes as well as laboratory, computer, and theoretical modelings
8. Advanced theorizing and modeling in lunar photometry

ISBN: 9780128179727

Page Count: 926

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9780124158450; 9780128120583; 9780123694706

Researchers and graduate students in Earth and Planetary Science and Remote Sensing