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Orbit Design for LUMIO: The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2018 The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer, or LUMIO, is a space mission concept awarded winner of ESA's SysNova Competition “Lunar CubeSats for Exploration,” and as such it is now under consideration for future implementation by the Agency.
Ana M. Cipriano +2 more
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Transport of Volatiles in Agglutinates from Lunar Regolith of Chang’e-5 Mission [PDF]
ResearchAgglutinate particles, an important component resulting from micrometeoroids impacts, account for about 13.4% to 84.7% of the volume of lunar regolith depending on its maturity.
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Polycyclic aromatics in the Chang’E 5 lunar soils [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPolycyclic aromatics are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium and meteorites, yet the search for lunar polycyclic aromatics remains a significant challenge. Here, we analyze Chang’E-5 lunar soil samples, revealing polycyclic aromatic concentrations of 5.
Guangcai Zhong +18 more
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Space weathering on the lunar nearside and farside constrained from Si isotopes [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOver long timescales, space weathering processes can modify the compositions of surface materials on the Moon. To assess the effects of space weathering of lunar soils, we study Si isotopes of Chang’E-5 (CE-5) and Chang’E-6 (CE-6) returned samples, and ...
Hui-Yan Zhang +9 more
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Performance of Lunar Regolith Shield under Meteoroid Impact: Uncertainties of a Numerical Prediction
Applied Sciences, 2022 The protection of the future lunar base from radiation, thermal stresses and impacts of meteoroids can be achieved by several options, generally consisting in a shielding system, made of either regolith or combined materials.
Alessia Verdino +4 more
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Review and Revision of the Lunar Cratering Chronology—Lunar Timescale Part 2
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Times and rates of planetary surface-modifying processes are crucial for the sequence and correlation of events on planetary bodies. For most planetary surfaces, superposition principles and crater densities are commonly used methods to collect relative ...
Stephanie C. Werner +2 more
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A New View of the Lunar South Pole from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Upcoming missions to the lunar south pole require detailed maps over large areas to fully characterize landing sites locally and regionally and to place their data into proper geologic context.
Michael K. Barker +6 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 On 9 October 2009, multiple telescopes were used in a coordinated international observing campaign to acquire ground-based time series imaging to monitor the evolution of the impact plume from NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)
Paul D. Strycker +5 more
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Peak-ring structure and kinematics from a multi-disciplinary study of the Schrödinger impact basin
Nature Communications, 2016 Impact basins on the Moon are considered as the best landing sites for the recovery of information about the lunar interior. To inform future lunar missions, Kringet al.
David A. Kring +4 more
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Animals, 2022 The influence of the lunar cycle on bluefin tuna foraging in the upwelling area of the Strait of Messina was investigated by exploring trophic interaction with mesopelagic fish and cephalopod prey.
Pietro Battaglia +11 more
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