Νέα έκδοση Virtual Atlas of the Moon

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Μετά από τρία χρόνια από την έκδοση 7 και 20 χρόνια από την πρώτη έκδοση, το αγαπημένο Virtual Atlas of the Moon έφτασε την έκδοση 8, με πολλά νέα χαρακτηριστικά.

https://www.ap-i.net/avl/en/start

 

New Modules :

CcLun :

• Addition of access buttons to the new CalcLun and NoteLun modules
• Access to module documentation via a drop-down list

AtLun :

• Addition of a profile plot associated with the distance measurement

• Addition of a display of the limits of the impact basins (see above)
• Added a line underlining the terminator
• Redesign of the “Ephemeris” and “Notes” tabs in connection with the new CalcLun & NoteLun modules

NOTELUN (New module)
Module for entering observation or information notes allowing direct links to all types of external documents (html / jpg / mp4 / doc / txt, etc.) associated with the sheets of the concerned lunar formations

CALCLUN (New module)
Extended calculation module for ephemerides and observational event forecasts

DATLUN :

• Simplified loading of personal databases.
• Simplification of multiple queries.

WEBLUN :

• Moon-related website database update (100 websites listed)

NEW GENERAL TEXTURES:

• New “LRO WAC Big shadows” texture presenting the lunar formations with larger shadows emphasizing the relief

• New “LAC HR” texture made by David O'Brien of the Lunar & Planetary Institute (Thanks to him!) using Nearside LAC maps
• New “China Geological map” texture created by Jinzhu Ji and his team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences

The new “HISTORICAL TEXTURES”:

• New historical texture “Elger 1895”

• New historical texture “Neison 1881”

• New historical texture “Lunar Albedo Reference Chart 1967 / NASA & USAF”

NEW SCIENTIFIC LAYERS:

• 8 new layer “Geological periods” made by Charles Byrne
• 10 new layer “Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner temperature”
• New layer “Chandrayann 1 MAFIC”
• New layer “Chandrayann 1 Pyroxène”
• New layer “GLD 100 Slopes”
• New layer “GRAIL Crustal thickness”
• New layer “GRAIL Free air Gravity”
• New layer “Kaguya Clinopyroxene”
• New layer “Kaguya Orthopyroxene”
• New layer “Kaguya Olivine”
• New layer “LRO Christiansen silicates”
• New layer “LRO TiO2”

NEW DATABASES:

• Redefinition of the standard fields of the bases (Up to 177 fields for a formation)
• Introduction of the pages of 15 new “printed” atlases (ReiseAtlas / Dase / Pau / Kaguya / Chang'é 1…) in the Named and Satellite databases
• Introduction of Elger's (1895) formation descriptions in the Named and Satellite databases
• New “Lunar Impact Craters Database” supplementing data from named formations and satellites
• New base “Sinuous rilles” made by Debra Hurwitz and her team
• New base “Irregular Mare Patches” made by Le Quiao and his team
• New database “Impact basins” produced by Christian Legrand, compiling data from Charles Byrne, Charles Wood and other sources.
• New Base “NELIOTA 2022” (Meteor Impact) provided by Athens Observatory Team
• New base “Lunar pits” made by Mark robinson and the LROC team

Thank you to all those scientists who allow us to use their work!

NEW IMAGE LIBRARY:

• New image library “Best of Brahic”
• New image library “Best of Villadrich”
• New image library “Lunar pits” produced by the LROC team
• New image library “Oblique LRO” produced by the LROC team
• New image library “SMART-1” produced by the Bernard Foing team
• New image library “Oblique Kaguya” produced by JAXA

Thank you to all those scientists who allow us to use their work!

NEW DOCUMENTATION:
The general documentation of AVL 8 is now separated into documentation specific to each module and in pdf format.

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