Valentine’s Day Message From The Moon
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A Valentine's day message from our Moon.
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Apparently our Moon misses us, and would like us to come back soon!
The original image is of a lunar crater, made famous by a sharp-eyed observed who was browsing the public LROC data set
If you aren’t aware of the The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, it is designed to address two of the prime LRO measurement requirements:
In addition to the above objectives, the LROC team is conducting meter-scale mapping of polar regions, stereo images that provide meter-scale topographic measurements, global multi-spectral imaging, and a global landform map.
The LROC Center at Arizona State University also houses one of a handful of Lunar samples – Apollo Sample 15555.
Sample 15555 is a sample of lunar basalt – a type of volcanic rock. The sample dates back to nearly 3.3 billion years ago. The sample on display in the LROC Visitor Gallery at ASU is a small piece of original rock – one of the largest and most studied basalt samples collected at the Apollo 15 landing site.
If you’d like to learn more about Apollo Sample 15555, visit: http://www.lroc.asu.edu/apollo-sample-15555/index.php
To learn more about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, visit: http://www.lroc.asu.edu/index.html
Read more about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html
Source: LROC Featured Images
Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:07:19
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2012/02/14/valentines-day-message-from-the-moon/
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