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Chemical Analysis of the Lunar Surface in the Surveyor Program—Summary*
Author(s) -
Patterson James H.,
Turkevich Anthony L.,
Franzgrote Ernest J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs005i002p00181
Subject(s) - impact crater , lunar craters , surveyor , astrobiology , lunar mare , spacecraft , far side of the moon , geology , moon landing , lunar soil , geodesy , physics , geophysics , astronomy , zoology , apollo , biology
Chemical analyses of lunar surface materials were obtained in situ by Surveyors 5, 6, and 7. Mare samples were analyzed by Surveyors 5 and 6, which landed in Mare Tranquillitatis and Sinus Medii, respectively [ Turkevich et al ., 1967b, 1968]. The Surveyor‐7 analyses were made in a terra region near the crater Tycho, which is thought to be covered with éjecta from that crater [ Patterson et al ., 1969]. The two adjacent samples in Mare Tranquillitatis were at least partially covered with material thrown out by the footpads of the spacecraft as it slid down the side of a small crater.
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