Multiparametric analysis of celestial bodies as sources of space resources

Astrophysics
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The work is devoted to the creation of a method based on data from space missions such as LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and the analysis of possible impactors and meteoroid material for mapping the distribution of minerals on the Moon. In the process of surveys from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft, the most recent generalized information on the distribution of iron and titanium in the composition of the lunar surface rocks was obtained. To obtain these data, it was necessary to compile a single map from more than 4 thousand images that the LRO spacecraft took during a month of work in a lunar orbit. The processing of the obtained data made it possible to detect areas on the lunar surface containing significant deposits of titanium. The results were calibrated using analyzes of lunar soil samples brought to Earth by the American Apollo missions and Soviet automatic vehicles of the Luna series. Concrete results obtained: Map of mineral distribution gradients depending on selenographic coordinates on the lunar sphere.