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SMART-1 maps Humorum edge - where Highlands and Mare mix

26 April 2006

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SMART-1 mosaic view of Mare Humorum's edge

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This sequence of images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows an area on the near side of the Moon, at the edge of the Mare Humorum basin.

AMIE obtained these raw images on 13 January 2006 from a distance ranging between 1031 and 1107 kilometres from the surface, with a ground resolution between 93 and 100 metres per pixel.

The imaged area is located at longitude 45.7º West and latitude between 30.5º and 24.5º South. The field of view of each single image is about 50 kilometres.

Credits: ESA/SPACE-X (Space Exploration Institute)

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SMART-1's mapping of the Mare Humorum edge

This screenshot image, generated by the ESA planning software MAPPS, illustrates the movement of the spacecraft over the lunar surface. In this way it is possible to generate a lunar map with sequences of images taken by the SMART-1's AMIE camera. The tilt of the individual frames is a result of the spacecraft attitude, which is driven by thermal constraints in orbit.

This particular map is built with images taken on 13 January 2006, and refers to an area at the edge of Mare Humorum.

Credits: ESA

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