Moon Crater Database v1 Salamunićcar
Product Information:
The catalogues by McDowell, Rodionova, and Head have been integrated with the results of a Crater Shape-based interpolation crater detection algorithm (CDA) and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data, resulting in the initial catalogue with 60,645 Lunar impact craters (Salamuniccar, et al., 2012). Using a Hybrid CDA: a modified digital elevation map (DEM) reconstruction method used as a step in an existing CDA based on Hough transform, the catalogue has been additionally extended using two Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) images and two excerpts of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Wide Angle Camera (WAC) global optical image mosaic. As a result, the number of craters inside these four regions increased considerably from 1754 (as available in the previous LU60645GT catalogue) to 19 396 craters (as available in the resulting new LU78287GT catalogue).
The resulting LU78287GT catalogue of 78,287 craters is currently the most complete catalogue of Lunar impact craters. This catalogue is globally complete up to ∼D≥8 km, and for each crater provides at least latitude, longitude, and diameter. In the Excel version, all attributes from manually assembled catalogues are additionally included, as well as properties computed from the topography (e.g. depth-diameter ratio).
Mission and Instrument Information:
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft to the Moon in June 2009 (Tooley et al., 2010) carrying a variety of instruments including the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), which continues to return high-resolution images of the lunar surface from its eccentric polar mapping orbit (Petro et al., 2019).
The LOLA has collected over more than 6.5 billion measurements of global surface height with a vertical precision of ~10 cm and an accuracy of ~1m (Mazarico et al., 2013). With such highly accurate global coverage, the resulting topographic map has become the reference geodetic framework for the lunar community and has led to the highest resolution and most accurate polar digital elevation models (DEMs) to date.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) is a system of three cameras mounted on the LRO that capture high resolution black and white images and moderate resolution multi-spectral images of the lunar surface. One of three cameras in the LROC system is a wide-angle camera (WAC) that provides images at a scale of 100 meters/pixel in seven color bands over a 60 km swath. The LROC data sets are produced by the LROC Team at the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. The LROC data sets are produced by the LROC Team at the Tempe campus of Arizona State University (ASU, 2019).
References:
Arizona State University (ASU) (2019). About Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. https://www.lroc.sese.asu.edu
Mazaricoa, E., Neumann, G. A., Barkerb, M. K., Gossens, S., Smith, D. E., & Zuberd, M. T. (2012). Orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Journal of Geodesy, 86(3), 193–207. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20180007208.pdf
Petro, N. E., Keller, J. W., Cohen, B. A., & McClanahan, T. P. (2019). Ten years of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Advancing lunar science and context for future lunar exploration. Paper presented at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/2780.pdf
Salamunićcar, G., Lončarić, S., Pina, P., Bandeira, L., & Saraiva, J. (2013). Integrated method for crater detection from topography and optical images and the new PH9224GT catalogue of Phobos impact craters. Advances in Space Research, 53(12), 1798-1809. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.11.006
Salamunićcar, G., Lončarić, S., & Mazarico, E. (2012). LU60645GT and MA132843GT catalogues of Lunar and Martian impact craters developed using a Crater Shape-based interpolation crater detection algorithm for topography data. Planetary and Space Science, 60(1), 236-247. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.09.003
Tooley, C. R., Houghtoon, M. B., Saylor Jr., R. S., Peddie, C., Everett, D. F., Baker, C. L., & Safdie, K. N. (2010). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and spacecraft design. Space Science Reviews, 150(1), 23–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-009-9624-4
- Mimetype
- application/zip
- Filename
- GoranSalamuniccar_MoonCraters.zip
- Publisher
- Goran Salamunićcar
- Publication Date
- 8 August 2012
- Author
- Goran Salamunićcar
- Originator
- Sven Lončarić, Arne Grumpe, Christian Wöhler, Erwan Mazarico (for previous LU60645GT)
- Group
- PDS, MRCTR
- Added to Astropedia
- 19 December 2013
- Modified
- 3 February 2020
General
- Purpose
The catalogue can be used for evaluation of crater detection algorithms (CDAs) and other planetary science studies.
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- Vector Data, Digital Elevation Model
- Native Data Set Environment
- ESRI Arcinfo
- Supplemental Information
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.024, https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/lro_mission.html, https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/lro.html
Keywords
- System
- Earth
- Target
- Moon
- Theme
- Craters, Geographic Information System (GIS), Topography
- Mission
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Mission Specific
- LOLA, WAC
- Instrument
- LOLA
- Search Terms
- Lunar, Moon, Crater, Craters, Automatic, Catalog, Catalogue
Contact and Distribution
- Access Constraints
- None
- Access Instructions
- GIS application needed for viewing files.
- Use Constraints
- Please cite authors
Data Status and Quality
- Time Period of Content Begin
- 10 November 2010
- Time Period of Content End
- 8 August 2012
- Currentness Reference
- Publication date
- Progress
- In Work
- Update Frequency
- As needed
- Logical Consistency Report
- Coordinates and diameters are consistent with all data sets used (topographic as well as optical).
- Completeness Report
This catalog is complete up to ∼D≥8 km.
- Process Date
- 8 August 2012
- Process Description
In short, craters from all previous manually created catalogs and numerous additional craters detected using CDAs have been integrated into the single catalog. In details, it is described in [1] and preceding publications.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value
- 250
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Best Effort
Lineage
- PDS Status
- PDS 4 In Progress
- Source Originator
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- Source Title
- Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter
- Source Online Linkage
- http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/lro/lola.htm , http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/lro/default.htm , https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/m3.html , https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/chandrayaan-1
- Type of Source Media
- Online
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Best Effort
Geospatial Information
- Location Description
- Global
- Minimum Latitude
- -90
- Maximum Latitude
- 90
- Minimum Longitude
- -180
- Maximum Longitude
- 180
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Object Type
- Point
- Quad Name
- Radius A
- 1737400
- Radius C
- 1737400
- Control Net
- LOLA
- Horizontal Coordinate System Units
- Degrees
- Map Projection Name
- Simple Cylindrical
- Latitude Type
- Planetocentric
- Longitude Direction
- Positive East
- Longitude Domain
- -180 to 180