| タイトル | The Clementine Bistatic Radar Experiment |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19970023672 |
| 著者（英） | Lichtenberg, C. L.; Bonner, R.; Ort, W.; Shoemaker, E. M.; Spudis, P.; Malaret, E.; Nozette, S.; Robinson, M. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Headquarters |
| 発行日 | 1996-11-29 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | During the Clementine 1 mission, a bistatic radar experiment measured the magnitude and polarization of the radar echo versus bistatic angle, beta, for selected lunar areas. Observations of the lunar south pole yield a same-sense polarization enhancement around beta = 0. Analysis shows that the observed enhancement is localized to the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar south pole. Radar observations of periodically solar-illuminated lunar surfaces, including the north pole, yielded no such enhancement. A probable explanation for these differences is the presence of low-loss volume scatterers, such as water ice, in the permanently shadowed region at the south pole. |
| NASA分類 | Communications and Radar |
| レポートNO | 97N23956
NASA-CR-204693
NAS 1.26:204693 |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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