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The Clementine Bistatic Radar Experiment by Nozette, S.

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TitleThe Clementine Bistatic Radar Experiment
CreatorNozette, S., Lichtenberg, C. L., Spudis, P., Bonner, R., Ort, W., Malaret, E., Robinson, M., Shoemaker, E. M
Year1996-11-29
PPI300
LanguageEnglish
Mediatypetexts
SubjectDEFORMATION, DAMAGE, DEFLECTION, DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS, DISPLACEMENT, FATIGUE (MATERIALS), FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, INTERNAL PRESSURE, LOADS (FORCES), STRESS ANALYSIS, STATIC PRESSURE, SILICON CARBIDES, TANTALUM COMPOUNDS, COMPUTATION, AEROSPACE SYSTEMS, FATIGUE LIFE, RING STRUCTURES, CONTINUUM MECHANICS, CONTINUUM MODELING
Collectionnasa_techdocs
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Identifiernasa_techdoc_19970023672
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During the Clementine 1 mission, a bistatic radar experiment measured the magnitude and polarization of the radar echo versus bistatic angle, beta, for selected lunar areas. Observations of the lunar south pole yield a same-sense polarization enhancement around beta = 0. Analysis shows that the observed enhancement is localized to the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar south pole. Radar observations of periodically solar-illuminated lunar surfaces, including the north pole, yielded no such enhancement. A probable explanation for these differences is the presence of low-loss volume scatterers, such as water ice, in the permanently shadowed region at the south pole.