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Title: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATION OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LUNAR NEAR SURFACE FROM THE CHINESE YUTU-2 LUNAR PENETRATING RADAR (LPR)
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATION OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LUNAR NEAR SURFACE FROM THE CHINESE YUTU-2 LUNAR PENETRATING RADAR (LPR)

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Rui Moura; Lucia Arevalo Lomas; Fernando Almeida
10.5593/sgem2024/1.1/s05.63
10.5593/sgem2024/1.1
1314-2704
978-619-7603-67-5
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•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
5.Applied and Environmental Geophysics
Geophysical studies on the lunar surface have, in the past, used various methods that contribute not only towards the knowledge of the lunar subsurface but also contribute towards the design of future lunar missions, namely those that will, in the near future, take humans to the Moon’s surface. This work analyzes a specific set of ground penetrating radar (GPR) data, collected during the Chang’E-4 mission of the Chinese Space Agency, using theYutu-2 rover within the von Karman crater, on the far-side of the Moon. From this dataset two electrical parameters were estimated. The approach uses the backscatter of the electromagnetic wavefield in order to obtain estimates of the real component of the complex relative permittivity as well as the electrical resistivity.
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Our acknowledgements for the financial support of our research group, Geobiotec (UIDB/04035/2020), Roman Denisov of Georadar-Expert, whose licensed software was used to process the data, the China National Space Administration (CNSA), for supplying the raw data and Giacomo Roncoroni, for the SEG-Y converted data.
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Proceedings of 24th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2024
24th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2024, 1 - 7 July, 2024
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