dc.contributor.author | Sun, Xiaoli | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, David Edmund | |
dc.contributor.author | Hoffman, Evan D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wake, Shane W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cremons, Daniel R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mazarico, Erwan | |
dc.contributor.author | Lauenstein, Jean-Marie | |
dc.contributor.author | Zuber, Maria T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aaron, Edward C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-08T18:29:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-08T18:29:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-11 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2019-09 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2155-3165 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124549 | |
dc.description.abstract | A set of small and lightweight laser retro-reflector arrays (LRAs) was fabricated and tested for use on lunar landers under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service program. Each array contains eight 1.27-cm-diameter corner cube retro-reflectors mounted on a dome-shaped aluminum structure. The arrays are 5.0 cm in diameter at the base, 1.6 cm in height, and 20 g in mass. They can be tracked by an orbiting laser altimeter, such as the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, from a distance of a few hundred kilometers or by a landing lidar on future lunar landers. The LRAs demonstrated a diffraction-limited optical performance. They were designed and tested to survive and function on the Moon for decades, well after the lander missions are completed. ©2019 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | The Optical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1364/AO.58.009259 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | OSA Publishing | en_US |
dc.title | Small and lightweight laser retro-reflector arrays for lunar landers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sun, Xiaolin, David E. Smith, Evan D. Hoffman, Shane W. Wake, Daniel R. Cremons, Erwan Mazarico, Jean-Marie Lauenstein, Maria T. Zuber, and Edward C. Aaron. "Small and lightweight laser retro-reflector arrays for lunar landers." Applied Optics 58, 33 (November 2019): 9259-66 doi 10.1364/AO.58.009259 ©2019 | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Applied Optics | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2020-04-06T19:26:46Z | |
dspace.date.submission | 2020-04-06T19:26:49Z | |
mit.journal.volume | 58 | en_US |
mit.journal.issue | 33 | en_US |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |