Candidate Site For A Robotic Lunar Observatory: The Central Peak Of Riccioli Crater

P. D. Lowman Jr. (1995), JBIS, 48, pp.83-86

Refcode: 1995.48.83

Abstract:

One of the most important “uses of the Moon”, in Arthur Clarke’s phrase, will undoubtedly be astronomy from the lunar surface. The justification for astronomy from the Moon, as distinguished from space in general, is summarised in Table 1. Specific instruments that could benefit from the lunar environment have been proposed by many authors and a composite list is presented in Table 2