Principal Investigator –

TMC (Chandryaan-2) &

MCC (Mars Orbiter Mission)

Ch-1 AO Training Prog, SAC, March 2-3, 2017

SARA

11 INSTRUMENTS INBOARD CHANDRYAAN-1

TMC : Terrain Mapping Camera

HySI : Hyper Spectral imager

HEX : High Energy X-ray Spectrometer

LLRI : Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument

MIP : Moon Impact Probe

SARA : SWIM+CENA (Low Energy Neutral Atom + Solar Wind Monitor

CIXS : CH-1 X-ray Spectrometer

MMM (M3) : Moon Mineralogy Mapper

Mini-SAR : Mini - Synth Aperture Radar

RADOM : Radiation Dose Monitor

SIR-2 : Near Infra-Red Spectrometer

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TMC NEAR SIDE COVERAGE TMC 90 degree EAST COVERAGE

TMC FAR SIDE COVERAGE TMC 90 degree WEST COVERAGE

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180°270°

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Direct Observation

Derived Information

2.5 km0

DISSECTED CRATER

HySI Ratio ImageTMC

Fe

Crater Morphology:

Chandrayaan-1, TMC Orbit 798, 13 January, 2009

Location: HERMANN A Crater (Oceanus Procellarum )

Longitude: 58.334 W / Latitude: 0.4 N

~ 3.9 km

Concave failure of the western side of inner wall

HERMANN-A CRATER

Concave Failure

Sharp Rim Edges

3D Perspective View

13.8 km

Damoiseau E Crater

Chandrayaan-1, TMC , Orbit 798, 13 January, 2009, Damoiseau E Crater Longitude: 58.3 E / Latitude: 5.2 S

Slumped Inner slopes

Crater Morphology: Results from TMC

A

B

A B

Cross-Section profile (km)

3

2

1

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Slumped Inner slopes

Crater Morphology: Results from TMC

13.8 km

TMC

R-Glassy/Ejecta G/Y – Fe, Illmenite B- Ti BasalticHYSI RATIO FCC

Glassy

Ti

Slumped Inner slopes

Failed Slopes

Floor

Rim

Floor

Failed Slopes

Rim

mts

Relief Slicing

Crater Morphology: Results from TMC

LUNAR STRUCTURES

MORETUS CRATER - TMC

15 November, 2008 (TMC, Nadir)

Probable Fault / Fracture

6.5 km

Lat 70.59S Long 0.09 W,

Plane of Failure

Source: Clementine

movie

886m

LUNAR STRUCTURES

MORETUS CRATER - TMC3D Perspective View

Vertical Drop

Surface Age Determination CSFD

Dome

Cone

DEMContour

Perspective

Slope

CHANDRAYAAN -1 : DOMES & CONES –

A.S. Arya, Guneshwar Thangjam, R.P. Rajasekhar, Ajai, B. Gopala Krishna, Amitabh, A.S. Kiran Kumar, R.R. Navalgund (2011), Morphometric and rheological analysis of an effusive dome in Marius Hills using Chandrayaan-1 TMC Data. 42nd LPSC, Houston, #1470

DomeCone

10.4 km

343m : h

Flank Slope

3.77o

Volume : 8.45 km3

•Morphometry

•Rheology

•Dike Dimensions

•Age Determination

•Surface Composition

45th LPSC 2014, Houston

Catalogue of Lunar Domes (MHR)

CHANDRAYAAN -1 : LATERAL LAVA TUBE : Detection & Dimensional Analysis

A.S. Arya , R P Rajasekhar , Ajai , A.S Kiran Kumar , R..R. Navalgund

Identification Of Lunar Volcanic Tubes, A Potential Site For

Human Settlement Using 3d Chandryaan 1 – Tmc Data,

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Abs. Proc. 41st LPSC, Houston, 2010 , #1484&

current science Feb 25, 2011

Collapsed

Rille

Collapsed

Rille

Buried Lava Tube

1.9 km

360m

7.36 km

Buried Tube

120m

Arya et. al. , CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 102, NO. 5, 10 MARCH 2012

3.69 km

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Arya et al., 2013, Abs Vol., 100th Indian Science Congress, Kolkata

Age Determination of Melt PoolCrater Size Frequency Distribution (CSFD) for a melt pool region showing the age of 34.3 Ma

A lava tube entrance in Hawaii, Rille-bed shows collapse breccia

Lineaments mapped on the central peak (yellow) and the floor (green)

Inner Rim Rose Diagram

Floor Rose Diagram

Central Peak Rose Diagram

Reflectance Anomaly around Apollo-15 Landing site

Aft Nadir Fore

Prakash Chuahan, Ajai & A S Kiran Kumar (2009), Current Science, Vol 97, No. 5,

Coulomb C crater DEM Slope image Slope aspect

cos qs/ cos iTopography corr.

Chandrayaan-1: Photometric Correction

After

Before

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