The Compton-belkovich Region of the Moon: Remotely Sensed Observations and Lunar Sample Association

1967: 33 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 2002, Houston, Texas. THE COMPTON-BELKOVICH REGION OF THE MOON: J.J. Gillis et al. north of the albedo feature (white arrows in Fig. 2) have very bright sun-facing slopes (i.e., warmer) and dark sun-shaded slopes (i.e. cooler); thus, their reflectance is controlled by topography. The albedo feature, however, is the same temperature in the LWIR image as the surrounding highlands, and therefore it is a true albedo feature. Fig 3. shows how regoliths are mixtures of 3-classes of materials [18]. Compton-Belkovich falls out side this triangular array and in the region of alkali anorthosite (see [19]).