It was only in 2001 that the mascons were mapped and the frozen orbits were discovered. The Luna 10 orbiter was the first artificial object to orbit the ...

Jul 20, 2021 · Luna-10 Project Presentation Model ... Luna 10 Soviet robotic lunar station spacecraft model ... These "mascon" areas were found to distort ...

Sep 29, 2022 · The spacecraft. Luna 10 (USSR) and Lunar Orbiter 1 (USA) were the first artificial orbiters around the Moon in 1966 (Neal, 2008). In both ...

May 7, 2021 · The fact that the Moon's gravitational field is lumpy was first noticed by the Soviets when they found that their Luna 10 spacecraft was ...

Sep 29, 2022 · The spacecraft Luna 10 (USSR) and Lunar Orbiter 1 (USA) were the first artificial orbiters around the Moon in 1966 (Neal, 2008). In both ...

Luna 10 became the first spacecraft to actually orbit the Moon and any extraterrestrial body in April 1966. It studied micrometeoroid flux, and lunar ...

Akim, E. L.: 1967, 'Determination of the Gravitational Field of the Moon from the Motion of the Artificial Lunar Satellite Luna-10',Sov. Phys. - Dokl.,2, No ...

Introduction: In 1966, the Luna 10 mission opened ... This characte- ristic of Type II basin is markedly different from flat floor of nearside primary mascon ...

Apr 19, 2022 · ... Luna 10 (USSR) and Lunar. Orbiter 1 (USA) were the first artificial orbiters around the Moon in 1966 (Neal, 2008).60. In both orbiter missions ...