Constellation Program Office Tier 2 Regions of Interest for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Imaging

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1 Constellation Program Office Tier 2 Regions of Interest for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Imaging Regions of Interest listed in alphabetical order ( no priority implied) East longitudes represented by 0 to 180, West longitudes represented by 0 to North latitudes represented by 0 to 90, South latitudes represented as 0 to -90 Images come from LROC REACT targeting software (exceptions noted) Top image, either from Lunar Orbiter global mosaics, or Clementine uvvis 750 nm mosaic Bottom image, Clementine uvvis mineral ratio map blue controlled by 415 nm/750 nm ratio red controlled by 750 nm/415 nm ratio green controlled by 750 nm/950 nm ratio Boxes on images represent region of interest Inner box, 10 x 10 km (LROC priority 1, nadir & stereo) Middle box, 20 x 20 km (LROC priority 3, best effort nadir & stereo) Outer box, 40 x 40 km (LROC priority 4, best effort nadir only)

2 Balmer Basin Location (longitude, latitude): 69.82, Ancient mare (e.g., cryptomare )/basin ti Highlands regolith Highlands terrain

3 Compton/Belkovich Th Anomaly Location (longitude, latitude): 99.45, Far side KREEP Th (~10 ppm) anomaly ti Highlands regolith Highlands terrain Far side location Lawrence et al., GRL, Vol. 26, No. 17, (1999)

4 Dante Crater Location (longitude, latitude): , Ancient, primordial crust Northern end of Freundlich-Sharanov impact basin Highlands regolith Highlands terrain Far side location Exploration Systems Architecture Study (2005)

5 Flamsteed Crater Location (longitude, latitude): , Surveyor 1 site Young basaltic lavas (Eratosthenian Copernican?) Thin regolith Nearby Flamsteed P crater ring High-Ti basalts Exploration Systems Architecture Study (2005) Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

6 Hortensius Domes Location (longitude, latitude): , 7.48 Low basaltic shields ti Mare regolith, low shields Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

7 Humboldtianum Basin Location (longitude, latitude): 77.14, Basin geology Basin melt sheet Mare age and composition Mare regolith Highlands massifs terrain Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

8 Ina ( D-caldera ) Location (longitude, latitude): 5.29, Young, D-shaped collapse feature Possible vent for endogenous volatiles or volcanism Mare regolith Endogenous volatiles? Inset: center of image Nearby highlands terrain Geoscience and a Lunar Base, 1990 Schultz, Staid and Pieters, Nature, 444, 184 (2006) (inset in upper image)

9 Ingenii Location (longitude, latitude): , Far side mare Magnetic anomaly (e.g., bright swirl) Thomson M crater rim Impact process Mare regolith Highlands terrain (e.g., basin massifs) Far side location Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990) A Site Selection Strategy for a Lunar Outpost (1990)

10 Lichtenberg Crater Location (longitude, latitude): , Fresh, rayed crater Young (e.g., Copernican?), thin lavas Mare regolith Crater ejecta Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990) Schultz and Spudis, Nature 302, (1983)

11 Mare Frigoris Location (longitude, latitude): 26.10, Mare age and composition (low-fe, low-ti) Light plains Mare regolith Low-Ti basalts

12 Mare Moscoviense Location (longitude, latitude): , Mare age and composition (e.g., far side mare) Basin geology (e.g., inner ring) High-Ti mare regolith Highlands terrain Far side location Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

13 Mare Smythii Location (longitude, latitude): 85.33, 2.15 Young basaltic lavas Nearby floor-fractured crater High-Fe mare regoilth Limb location Exploration Systems Architecture Study (2005) A Site Selection Strategy for a Lunar Outpost (1990) (Clementine uvvis color ratio image not available)

14 Mare Tranquillitatis Location (longitude, latitude): 22.06, 6.93 High-Ti basaltic lavas Volcanic processes Wrinkle ridges, low basaltic shields High-Ti mare regolith Exploration Systems Architecture Study (2005)

15 Marius Hills Location (longitude, latitude): , Volcanic field Lava flows, domes, rilles Pyroclastic materials? Mare regolith Pyroclastic materials? Endogenous volatiles? Some steep-sided sided domes and cones Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990) Campbell et al., J. Geophys. Res., 114, E01001, doi: /2008je (2009) Heather et al., J. Geophys. Res., 108(E3), 5017, doi: /2002je (2003)

16 Mendel-Rydberg Cryptomare Location (longitude, latitude): , Ancient mare (e.g. cryptomare ) ti Mare regolith intermixed with highlands (Orientale ejecta) Limb location

17 Montes Pyrenaeus Location (longitude, latitude): 40.81, Nectaris basin impact melt and breccias Basin geology Impact process Mare flows Mare regolith Highlands terrain Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

18 Orientale 2 Location (longitude, latitude): , Maunder formation (e.g., basin impact melt) Basin geology Kopff crater geology (anomalous morphology) Impact process Highlands regolith Highlands terrain Limb location Exploration Systems Architecture Study (2005)

19 Plato Ejecta Location (longitude, latitude): -5.21, Radar-dark anomaly in ejecta ti Highlands regolith Pyroclastic material? Highlands terrain Crater ejecta terrain Gaddis and Pieters, Icarus 61, (1985)

20 Reiner Gamma Location (longitude, latitude): , 7.53 Magnetic anomaly (e.g., bright swirl) Nearby wrinkle ridge and volcanic dome Mare regolith Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

21 Riccioli Crater Location (longitude, latitude): , Thin mare Orientale ejecta Mare regoilth Highlands regolith Highlands terrain A Site Selection Strategy for a Lunar Outpost (1990)

22 Rimae Prinz Location (longitude, latitude): , Rille Possible lava tube Nearby highlands hl massifs (Imbrium basin related) Mare regoilth Sinuous rille (e.g., similar to Apollo 15 Hadley rille) Hörz, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21 st Century (1985)

23 Schrödinger Location (longitude, latitude): , Pyroclastic materials Mantle xenoliths Schrödinger basin impact melts and breccias Pyroclastic materials Pyroclastic covered surface Far side location Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

24 South Pole-Aitken Rim Location (longitude, latitude): , SPA rim materials Basin formation (rim of transient cavity) Th anomaly Highlands regolith Highlands terrain Far side location

25 Tsiolkovsky Crater Location (longitude, latitude): , Far side mare materials Central peak Impact melt and breccias Impact process Mare regolith Highlands terrain (e.g., central peak) Far side location Optimizing Science and Exploration Working Group (OSEWG) Sortie Surface Scenario Workshop (2008), report in preparation Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)

26 Van De Graaf Crater Location (longitude, latitude): , Antipode to Imbrium basin Magnetic anomaly (e.g., bright swirls) Impact process Highlands regolith Highlands terrain Far side location Geoscience and a Lunar Base (1990)