OSIRIS‐REx Visible and Near‐Infrared Observations of the Moon
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Simon, A. A., Donaldson Hanna, K. L.,Drouet d'Aubigny, C. Y., Poggiali, G.,Emery, J. P., Brucato, J., et al. (2019). OSIRIS‐REx visible and near‐infrared observations of the Moon. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 6322–6326. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083341Journal
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The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission observed the Moon during the spacecraft's Earth gravity assist in 2017. From the spacecraft view, the lunar phase was 42 degrees, and the in-view hemisphere was dominated by anorthositic highlands terrain. Lunar spectra obtained by the OSIRIS-REx Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer show evidence of several candidate absorption features. We observe the 2.8-mu m hydration band, confirming the spectral results from other missions, but detected in full-disk spectra. We also tentatively identify weak spectral features near 0.9 and 1.3 mu m, consistent with lunar regolith containing a mixture of plagioclase and orthopyroxene minerals, as expected for highlands terrain.Note
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