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Surface Roughness of the Chang’E-6 Lunar Samples and Landing Site from Submicrometer to Kilometer Scales: Implications for Lunar Surface Processes and Remote Sensing Data Modeling

The Astronomical Journal
Although lunar surface roughness was studied extensively above micrometer scales before, it has not been investigated at smaller scales. In this study, we used an atomic force microscope to measure surface elevations of the Chang’E-6 lunar samples at ...
Jun Du, Jianxin Tian, Yang Liu, Chenxiang Li, Yazhou Yang, Minge Liu, Huimin Shao, Mengyuan Zhang, Ding Nan, Dijun Guo, Yuchen Xu, Feng Zhang, Kaichang Di, Rui Wen, Shifeng Dai, Yongliao Zou   +15 more
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The Production Population of Impact Craters in the Chang’E-6 Landing Mare

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The Chang’E-6 mission accomplished the first sample return from the lunar farside. Earlier crater population measurements estimated the model age of the landing mare to range from the Eratosthenian to Late Imbrian, both of which are underrepresented by ...
Fanglu Luo, Zhiyong Xiao, Yichen Wang, Yizhen Ma, Rui Xu, Senmiao Wang, Minggang Xie, Yunhua Wu, Qingyun Deng, Pei Ma   +9 more
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Physical Characterization of Moon Impactor WE0913A

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
On 2022 March 4, the object known as WE0913A crashed into the Moon after several close flybys of the Earth and the Moon in the previous three months. Leading up to impact, the identity of the lunar impactor was up for debate, with two possibilities: the ...
Tanner Campbell, Adam Battle, Bill Gray, Steven R. Chesley, Davide Farnocchia, Neil Pearson, Grace Halferty, Vishnu Reddy, Roberto Furfaro   +8 more
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Surface Roughness of the Chang’E-5 and Chang’E-6 Lunar Samples: Implications for the Microscopic Processes Shaping the Lunar Surface

The Planetary Science Journal
 Although lunar surface roughness was studied extensively above micrometers before, it has not been investigated at smaller scales. In this study, we measured the surface topography of the Chang’E-5 and Chang’E-6 lunar samples by using atomic force ...
Jun Du, Jianxin Tian, Yang Liu, Pan Yan, Chenxiang Li, Yazhou Yang, Minge Liu, Huimin Shao, Liying Huang, Mengyuan Zhang, Ding Nan, Dijun Guo, Yuchen Xu, Feng Zhang, Rui Wen, Shifeng Dai, Yongliao Zou   +16 more
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Evolution of the Lunar Magnetic Field

Space: Science & Technology
The Moon currently lacks a global magnetic field; however, both paleomagnetic analyses of lunar rock samples and orbital magnetic measurements indicate that it once possessed a core dynamo.
Hao Luo, Huapei Wang, Shuhui Cai, Huafeng Qin, Yufeng Lin, Yingzhuo Jia, Lin Tian, Yasong Ge, Bincheng Hong, Xuelong Jiang, Aimin Du   +10 more
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Lunar Crustal Magnetization Sourced via the Delivery of Iron-rich Ejecta from Basin-forming Impacts

The Planetary Science Journal
The reason for the prevalence of crustal magnetic anomalies within a lunar crust composed of materials that do not retain strong magnetization remains an unresolved question in lunar science.
R. I. Citron, L. L. Hood, S. T. Stewart
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A New Detailed Global Map of Lunar Light Plains

The Planetary Science Journal
Lunar light plains (LPs) are globally distributed, smooth and flat geologic units occurring in crater floors and topographic lows, similar in morphology to mare basalts, but with moderate to high albedo.
Barbara Giuri, Carolyn H. van der Bogert, Harald Hiesinger, Nico Schmedemann   +3 more
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A Flat-bottomed Buried Crater and Paleo-layered Structures Revealed at the Von Kármán Crater Using Lunar Penetrating Radar

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Impact cratering is the most common geological process occurring on terrestrial planets. The morphologies of impact craters reflect not only the impact conditions but the target properties as well.
Ling Zhang, Xindong Meng, Yuqi Qian, Yi Xu, Xiaoping Zhang, Zhipeng Liu, Jialong Lai, Rui Gao   +7 more
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Shallow Subsurface Structure of the Moon: Key Questions for Future Exploration

Space: Science & Technology
Lunar shallow subsurface structure is important in revealing the formation and evolution of the Moon. Therefore, a review of key issues in the lunar shallow subsurface structure will help deepen our understanding of the Moon.
Zhizhong Kang, Xiaojian Xu, Yi Xu, Shuo Yao, Zhonglu Lei, Boxun Zhang, Jinhao Cai, Meng Xiao, Teng Hu   +8 more
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Thermophysical Diversity of Young Lunar Crater Ejecta Revealed with LRO Diviner Observations

The Planetary Science Journal
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Cailin L. Gallinger, Jean-Pierre Williams, Catherine D. Neish, Tyler M. Powell, Catherine M. Elder, Rebecca R. Ghent, Paul O. Hayne, David A. Paige   +7 more
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