Scientists create map of the Moon

ADS HERE A team of U.S. scientists announced yesterday that created a topographical map of the moon almost all images of the highest resolution made ​​so far.

The photographs were taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and helped create the large-scale map of about 100 meters per pixel. This allows to determine more accurately the way in which the lunar crust has changed, experts from Arizona State University. It will also help better understand the mechanics of impact craters, analyze the nature of volcanic features, as well as planning future lunar space missions, said Mark Robinson, principal investigator for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC).

Despite being close to Earth, the knowledge we have of the moon morphology is still incomplete. Technological limitations of previous missions to study the satellite had failed to create a global map of the lunar topography at high resolution. In addition to the images captured by the LRO was used Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. ADS HERE