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    • Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon

    Metadata Updated: April 11, 2025

    The Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon is considered the definitive reference manual to the global photographic coverage of the Moon. The images contained within the atlas are excellent for studying lunar morphology because they were obtained at low to moderate Sun angles. The digital Lunar Orbiter Atlas of the Moon is a reproduction of the 675 plates contained in Bowker and Hughes. The digital archive, however, offers many improvements upon its original hardbound predecessor. Multiple search capabilities were added to the database to expedite locating images and features of interest. For accuracy and usability, surface feature information has been updated and improved. Lastly, to aid in feature identification, a companion image containing feature annotation has been included.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollopanoramas/
    http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/cla/
    http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/
    http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/
    http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/
    http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier NASA-0000031
    Data First Published 2018-06-25
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-01
    Category Space Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/book/table1.shtml
    Harvest Object Id b63b92a0-1b08-4a26-965c-cd09750d4829
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/
    Old Spatial Lunar
    Program Code 026:009
    Related Documents http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollopanoramas/, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/cla/, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/, http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ranger/, http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 78682171e6637eca48e9d3d30944859e254a7df96c6020f85de6b378adabf04d
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1967-01-01/1972-01-01

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