Open AccessExact Moonlight Measurements Could Aid Earth-Observing Missions
Author(s) -
Ilima Loomis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo087639
Subject(s) - moonlight , astrobiology , earth (classical element) , remote sensing , environmental science , geology , astronomy , physics
A new telescope’s unprecedented study of subtle variations in lunar light could finally give Earth-facing satellites a common reference point for their observations.