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Potential Capabilities of Lunar Laser Ranging for Geodesy and Relativity [PDF]
, 2008 Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), which has been carried out for more than 35 years, is used to determine many parameters within the Earth-Moon system. This includes coordinates of terrestrial ranging stations and that of lunar retro-reflectors, as well as lunar orbit, gravity field, and its tidal acceleration.
Mueller, Juergen +3 more
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Lunar Radiometric Measurement Based on Observing China Chang’E-3 Lander with VLBI—First Insight
Advances in Astronomy, 2019 China Chang’E-3 performed soft landing at the plains of Sinus Iridum on lunar surface on December 14th 2013 successfully; it opened a new window for observing lunar surface with radiometric tracking which many lunar scientific researchers always pursue ...
SongTao Han +6 more
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Multi-criteria GIS analysis of the topography of the Moon and better solutions for potential landing
Open Astronomy, 2019 During the past twenty years, the need to reach theMoon by the private space missions has been growing. Some of the private missions are supported by Google Lunar X-prize and Space-X. In the period between 2020 and 2050 private companies will be planning
Valjarević Aleksandar +4 more
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Next-Generation Geodesy at the Lunar South Pole: An Opportunity Enabled by the Artemis III Crew
, 2020 2 pages, 1 figure, A white paper submitted to the Artemis III Science Definition Team of NASA's Science Mission ...
Viswanathan, Vishnu +5 more
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Detection of seismic events on Mars: a lunar perspective
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2019 The interior structures of planets are attracting more and more detailed attention; these studies could be of great value in improving our understanding of the early evolution of Earth.
WeiJia Sun +3 more
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Global Megaregolith Structure on the Moon from Gravity and Topography Data
The Astrophysical JournalThe megaregolith is a thick, highly fractured layer and plays a fundamental role in the Moon’s geological and thermal evolution. However, existing estimates of its thickness remain spatially discontinuous and lack global consistency.
Wensong Zhang +7 more
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Low Abundances of Ultramafic Components in the Chang'e‐6 Landing Site Basalt and Ejecta Material
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.Abstract The South Pole‐Aitken (SPA) Basin, the Moon's largest impact structure, holds key insights into lunar evolution, prompting the Chang'e‐6 mission to return first samples for ground‐truth verification. Analysis of over 6,000 grains from the Chang'e‐6 soil returned from the SPA Basin reveals a composition dominated by clinopyroxene (26.5–32.9 vol.
Zhenbing She +20 more
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The Astronomical JournalThe regolith temperature of the Moon is strongly influenced by direct solar radiation and multiple-scattered thermal radiation from the surrounding terrains.
Zhen Yang +4 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.Abstract Mercury experiences the most intense and variable solar wind (SW) conditions in the solar system due to its close, eccentric orbit about the Sun. In addition to variation driven by coronal source and solar cycle, the SW arriving at Mercury varies periodically as the planet's heliocentric distance changes by over 50% per orbit.
Ryan M. Dewey +17 more
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Lunar Crustal Formation by Melt Migration and Differentiation Within a Stagnant Lid
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.Abstract The lunar anorthosite highlands represent the Moon's primary crust, which formed during the solidification of a magma ocean following the Moon‐forming giant impact. However, the canonical model of anorthite flotation in the crystallizing magma ocean often struggles to reproduce the long > ${ >} $200 Myr solidification timescale required by the
K. H. Dodds, C. Michaut, J. A. Neufeld
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