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Scientific Knowledge of the Moon, 1609 to 1969

open access: yesGeosciences, 2018
Discoveries stemming from the Apollo 11 mission solved many problems that had vexed scientists for hundreds of years. Research and discoveries over the preceding 360 years identified many critical questions and led to a variety of answers: How did the ...
Charles A. Wood
doaj   +1 more source

Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid Bennu

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We report the elemental and isotopic abundances of all stable noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon) in eight particles from asteroid Bennu returned by NASA's OSIRIS‐REx mission. We also report nitrogen abundances and isotopic ratios that were analyzed alongside neon and argon in four additional Bennu particles.
B. Marty   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Initial study of regolith exposure ages and burial conditions on Ryugu: Cosmogenic nuclides score in two touchdowns

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Surface processes on the asteroid Ryugu have been investigated using cosmic‐ray‐produced radionuclides, 10Be, 26Al, and 36Cl, and stable noble gases, on eight samples returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The 10Be and 26Al along with 21Ne measurements indicate that the two Chamber A samples A0105 collected during the first touchdown (TD) were ...
Kunihiko Nishiizumi   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling Illumination Variations During a Lunar Eclipse: Multi-Wavelength Spaceborne Observations of the January 21, 2019 Event

open access: yesRemote Sensing
Space-based observations of the total lunar eclipse on 21 January 2019 were conducted using the geostationary Earth-orbiting satellite Gaofen-4 (GF-4). This study represents a pioneering effort to address the observational gap in full-disk lunar eclipse ...
Min Shu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Petrography and mineral chemistry of Northeast Africa 053—A remnant of Martian crystal mush

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract In Earth's igneous systems, crystal mushes, crystal‐rich frameworks permeated by silicate melt, represent a common and fundamental stage in the evolution of magma bodies. However, whether crystal mushes occur within Martian igneous systems and play a comparable role is unknown. Here, we present a comprehensive petrography and mineral chemistry
Xhonatan Shehaj   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Model Calculations for Cosmogenic Nuclides in Meteorites and the Lunar Surface. 1. Long‐lived Radionuclides

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Production rates for the cosmogenic radionuclides 10Be, 14C, 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 53Mn, and 60Fe in a large variety of meteorites, that is, ordinary chondrites (H, L, LL), carbonaceous chondrites, HED meteorites, ureilites, Martian meteorites, and iron meteorites and in the uppermost ~2 m of the lunar surface are modeled.
Ingo Leya
wiley   +1 more source

A spatiotemporal analysis of the effect of ambient temperatures on the thermal behaviour of the Lunar Laser Ranging optical telescope at Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

open access: yes, 2016
Development of the 1-meter aperture Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) telescope is underway at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) which is expected to achieve sub-centimeter range precision and accuracy to the Moon, for enhanced tests of ...
P. Tsela, L. Combrinck, B. Ngcobo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Microspherules Formed by Lightning Strikes

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Natural microspherules are formed by high‐temperature processes and are present throughout the geologic record to the present day. We report the discovery of large numbers of microspherules recovered from a rock pavement in the Pilbara region, Western Australia.
M. R. Boyd, M. J. Genge, A. G. Tomkins
wiley   +1 more source

Large-scale array for radio astronomy on the farside (LARAF) [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
At the Royal Society meeting in 2023, we have mainly presented our lunar orbit array concept called DSL, and also briefly introduced a concept of a lunar surface array, LARAF.
Xuelei Chen   +22 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Radio astronomy with the European Lunar Lander: Opening up the last unexplored frequency regime [PDF]

open access: yesPlanetary and Space Science, 2012
Accepted for publication in a special issue PSS - "Scientific Preparations for Lunar Exploration"
Klein Wolt, Marc   +5 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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