A Global Catalog of Large Lunar Craters (≥20 Km) from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter
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LASER ALTIMETER. S. J. Kadish, C. I. Fassett, J. W. Head, D. E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, E. Mazarico. Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, Solar System Exploration Division, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771. ([email protected]).
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تاریخ انتشار 2010