Unified Lunar Control Network solution output files

Originators

USGS Astrogeology Science Center

Publisher

USGS Astrogeology Science Center

Abstract

Lunar Orbiter Lunar Control Network 2004: The USGS worked to digitize and restore a global set of Lunar Orbiter images and to assemble this into a global digital Lunar Orbiter mosaic of the Moon. A separate Lunar Orbiter Control network is being created as part of this work. For additional information, see the Lunar Orbiter Digitization Project [Gaddis et al., 2001a, 2001b, 2003; Becker et al., 2004].

Unified Lunar Control Network 2004: Work by B. Archinal, M. Rosiek, and others at USGS was done to unify the ULCN and CLCN [Archinal and Rosiek, 2004], and to attempt to eliminate the large offsets in the CLCN. This was done by constraining as many ULCN points as possible within the CLCN, by using reasonable camera angle constraints (e.g. the 0.03 degree stated accuracy of Clementine pointing), and solving for tie point positions with realistic (at least +/- 1-2 km) radii, based on the current USGS lunar radii model [Rosiek et al. 1998; Rosiek and Aeschliman, 2001; Rosiek et al. 2001]. Still, we estimate that the horizontal accuracy of points in this network will still range from, at best, the 100 m to 3 km level of the ULCN, and accuracies of even more than 3 km will still be possible in areas away from the ULCN (e.g. on much of the far side).

Unified Lunar Control Network (1994): The ULCN was described in the last major publication about a lunar control network [Davies et al., 1994]. This sparse network contains 1478 points, 1286 points on the near side and 192 points on the far side (Figure 1). Images for this network are from the Apollo, Mariner 10, and Galileo missions, and from Earth-based photographs. The expected horizontal position accuracy of points in this system runs from 100 m to 3 km, depending on the original image source. The importance of this network is that this accuracy is relatively well quantified and published information on the network is available.

The files from this network were transferred to the U. S. Geological Survey in 2000, as part of the transfer of geodesy work from RAND to USGS in 2000-2001 [Archinal et al., 2000, 2001, 2002a, 2002b, 2003]. They have also been made available upon request from either RAND or USGS.

Notes: The data in this file were originally published on microfiche as a part of Davies et al. [1994]. Diacritical marks used for crater names are missing in this ASCII version. Another version of this file is available as part of the Lunar Consortium Dataset. Fields here include:

Control Point name; Set (1 - Apollo Network, 2 - Telescopic Network, 3 - Mariner 10 Network, and 4 - Galileo Network); Crater name if any; latitude in degrees; longitude in degrees; and radius in km (* indicates the radius was derived from Apollo altimetry).

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Acknowlegements

The research descriped here has been funded in part bye the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program.

For Information, Contact:

Brent Archinal
Geodesit
barchinal@usgs.gov
2255 N. Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
928 556 7083

Contact and Distribution

Format

Control Network

Access Scope

Astrogeology

Native Data Set Environment

Astrogeology Theme

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Mission Names

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Online Package Link

https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/unified_lunar_control_network_solution_output_files

External File Size

120161

Online File Link

http://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/download/Moon/Research/ControlNetworks/total-edited.dat

Contact Address

2255 N. Gemini Drive

Contact City

Flagstaff

Contact State

AZ

Contact Postal Code

86001

Contact Email

astroweb@usgs.gov

Geospatial Information

Target

Moon

System

Earth

Object Type

Grid Cell

Quad Name

Horizontal Coordinate System Units

Degrees