Clementine Frame Numbers
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To make efficient use of the Clementine catalogs it is necessary to understand the system used to assign frame numbers.
From the Clementine documentation:
Table 3 - File Name Convention, Lunar mapping phase: "msfxxxxy.rrr"
m = Mission Phase
- P = Prelaunch
- L = Lunar mapping
- E = Earth mapping (LEO and phasing loops)
s = Sensor
- A = Star tracker A
- B = Star tracker B
- U = UV/VIS
- H = Hi-Resolution sensor
- N = Near infrared sensor
- L = Long wavelength infrared sensor
f = Filter wheel position (A, B, C, D, E, F)
xxxx = Frame number within revolution
y = Latitude bin for lunar mapping observations.
- This character signifies a latitude range on the lunar surface where the observation was made. The center latitude of the image defines the character:
- A = -90 to -80
- B = -80 to -70
- C = -70 to -60
- D = -60 to -50
- E = -50 to -40
- F = -40 to -30
- G = -30 to -20
- H = -20 to -10
- I = -10 to 0
- J = 0 to 10
- K = 10 to 20
- L = 20 to 30
- M = 30 to 40
- N = 40 to 50
- O = 50 to 60
- P = 60 to 70
- Q = 70 to 80
- R = 80 to 90
- S = "unkown" targets
- T = Earth observations prior to systematic mapping
- U = Sky observations prior to systematic mapping
- V = Lunar observations prior to systematic mapping
- W = Sky observations after systematic mapping
- Y = Earth observations after systematic mapping
- Z = Moon Observations after systematic mapping
rrr = Revolution number
Example:
LUA0323B.020 = Image was acquired during the Lunar mapping phase (L), by the UV/VIS camera (U), with filter wheel position (A) (blue filter), the image was the 323-rd image acquired during orbit 20. The image falls within the latitude range -80 to -70 (B).
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