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Enhancing the Quality of 3D Lunar Maps Using JAXA's Kaguya Imagery
Yumi Iwashita, Haakon Moe, Yang Cheng +6
As global efforts to explore the Moon intensify, the need for high-quality 3D lunar maps becomes increasingly critical-particularly for long-distance missions such as NASA's Endura…
Stereophotoclinometry Revisited
Travis Driver, Andrew Vaughan, Yang Cheng +3
Image-based surface reconstruction and characterization is crucial for missions to small celestial bodies, as it informs mission planning, navigation, and scientific analysis. Howe…
Icy Moon Surface Simulation and Stereo Depth Estimation for Sampling Autonomy
Ramchander Bhaskara, Georgios Georgakis, Jeremy Nash +5
Sampling autonomy for icy moon lander missions requires understanding of topographic and photometric properties of the sampling terrain. Unavailability of high resolution visual da…
Keypoint-based Stereophotoclinometry for Characterizing and Navigating Small Bodies: A Factor Graph Approach
Travis Driver, Andrew Vaughan, Yang Cheng +3
This paper proposes the incorporation of techniques from stereophotoclinometry (SPC) into a keypoint-based structure-from-motion (SfM) system to estimate the surface normal and alb…