Lunar and Planetary Cartography in Russia

• Main Authors: Shevchenko, Vladislav (Author), Rodionova, Zhanna (Author), Michael, Gregory (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 425
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Geophysics.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

This book is the first to document in depth the history of lunar and planetary cartography in Russia. The first map of the far side of the Moon was made with the participation of Lomonosov Moscow University (Sternberg Astronomical Institute, MSU) in 1960. The developed mapping technologies were then...