Lunar Surface Features: Mid-Infrared Spectral Observations
Graham R. Hunt 1 and
John W. Salisbury 1
1 Lunar Planetary Research Branch, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts
The moon has been observed and spectrally scanned at midinfrared wavelengths, in particular through the 16- to 24-micron atmospheric window. The data indicate that there are differences in mineral composition among several features of the lunar surface.