Table 1 KPLO data track processing information for the study areas in Figs. 3 and 4, and 5.

From: First crustal magnetic anomaly estimates from the magnetometer observations of the Korea pathfinder lunar orbiter

Study area (subset #)

D/A* (#pass**)

Period (days in 2023)

Lunar L.T. (hr)

Altitude (avg.) (km)

Lunar phase† (deg)

Map dimensions (lat./long)

Order of polynomial‡

CC w/ models (n ≦ 100)

KPLO & TSH

KPLO & RSH

TSH & RSH

Gerasimovich (2)

D (25/2)

84.7– 86.9

20.5

96–102 (98.8)

240.7°–265.0°

3°S–30°S

110°W–135°W

2

0.90

0.37

0.87

0.88

0.38

0.86

0.96

0.85

0.94

A (21/7)

153.1–155.3

4.0

90–99 (95.2)

227.1°–359.4°

Antipode of Serenitatis (1)

D (21/0)

33.7–35.5

23.9

96–101 (98)

336.5°–356.1°

11°S–33°S

156°W–175°W

1

0.83

0.60

0.88

0.87

0.52

0.84

0.98

0.71

0.88

Hayford (1)

D (15/6)

33.3–35.5

23.9

96–98 (98)

332.2°–356.2°

7°N–22°N

179°E–162°W

1

0.49

0.02

0.11

0.68

0.64

0.93

0.62

-0.17

0.17

Crisium (2)

D (24/4)

44.5–46.7

23.2

100–107 (103.5)

88.1°–116.3°

4°N–32°N

45°E–75°E

2

0.63

0.38

0.86

0.66

0.26

0.76

0.95

0.80

0.89

D (24/4)

153.7–156.9

16.1

101–106 (104.8)

341.7°–10.9°

Abel (2)

D (18/1)

14.7–16.2

1.25

88–128 (100.4)

96.4°–114.7°

25°S–39°S

77°E–96°E

1

0.63

0.75

0.88

0.62

0.72

0.89

0.95

0.80

0.88

D (18/2)

42.0–42.9

23.4

102–106 (104.7)

68.5°–87.3°

  1. The bold CCs listed from top to bottom respectively are the maxima for the Bθ-, Bϕ-, and Br- components from the anomaly map in Figs. 3 and 4, and 5 and S7.
  2. *Descending/Ascending orbits, **Nrs. of passes (used/rejected). †Lunar phase sets 0° for full Moon, and 180° for an eclipse. ‡If the track spans 26 or more in latitude.
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