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Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 In the original hypothesis of ice in lunar polar cold traps, it was presumed that meteoritic water acquired by the lunar surface would be concentrated in cold traps by exospheric lateral transport. That supposition is proven to be false by the absence of
R. R. Hodges, W. M. Farrell
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 When the Earth’s moon is in the supersonic solar wind, the darkside of the Moon and the lunar plasma wake can be very dangerous charging environments. In the absence of photoelectron emission (dark) and in the absence of cool plasma (wake), the emission ...
Joseph E. Borovsky, Gian Luca Delzanno
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The Composition and Stratigraphy of the Chang’e-6 Landing Mare
The Planetary Science JournalChina’s Chang’e-6 (CE-6) mission returned lunar samples from the southern mare in the Apollo basin formed in the prominent South Pole–Aitken basin. The basic geological context of the landing mare has been well resolved.
Pei Ma +7 more
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The Astrophysical Journal LettersLunar soil samples from young maria (formed 3.0 Ga) and higher than the ∼21% found in the Chang’e-5 soils from younger mare (∼2.0 Ga). However, our spectroscopic study reveals that the Chang’e-6 soils are well developed, with high maturity, weak ...
Xuejin Lu +11 more
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Analyzing LDEX's Current Measurements in Lunar Orbit
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) on board the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission orbited the Moon from 2014 September to 2015 April and observed a dynamic, permanently present dust cloud produced by continual meteoroid bombardment. In
Edwin Bernardoni +2 more
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Unveiling the Lost Australe Basin on the Moon: Spectroscopic Evidence from Chandrayaan-1 M3
The Planetary Science JournalMare Australe on the Moon features a peculiar style of basalt emplacement, where volcanism occurs in small patches arranged in a circular pattern, not confined to an established impact basin.
Neha Panwar +2 more
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Color and Photometric Properties of Newly Formed Impact Craters on the Moon
The Planetary Science JournalImpact craters and subsequent secondary impacts from sparse distal ejecta alter the exposed lunar regolith and affect its maturity. Remotely sensed observations sample the upper few microns of regolith; therefore, our interpretations of the surface must ...
Emerson Speyerer +6 more
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Latitude Variation of Flux and Impact Angle of Asteroid Collisions with Earth and the Moon
The Planetary Science Journal, 2021 Flux and impact angles were calculated for asteroid collisions with Earth and the Moon, using the latest population models for the distribution of near-Earth objects (NEOs) and precession models to determine the impact probabilities.
Darrel Robertson +4 more
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Water Generation on the Moon from Solar Wind and Meteoroid Impacts
The Planetary Science JournalThe kinetics of water formation on the lunar surface from impact-driven melts (IM) of meteoroids and recombinative desorption (RD) of solar-wind-implanted regolith grains is assessed.
Brant M. Jones +4 more
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The Planetary Science JournalTwo fundamental questions face lunar scientists: (1) What is the absolute age of each lunar impact basin and thus the early impact flux curve? (2) To what degree did basin impact melt seas undergo differentiation? We compiled a 1:200,000-scale geological
Kirby Runyon +7 more
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