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International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Volume 50, Issue 16, Page 5701-5711, November 2026.ABSTRACT The EAC‐1A lunar mare simulant, a silty sand, was selected by the European Astronaut Center (EAC) for use in the LUNA analogue facility's lunar simulation testbed. Its stress‐ and strain‐dependent shear modulus and damping ratio were determined via resonant column testing on specimens prepared either from ambient moisture material or oven ...
Christos Vrettos
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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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Local Generation of Plasmaspheric Plume Hiss
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 20, 28 October 2026.Abstract The statistical analysis of hiss waves observed in the plasmaspheric plume (Wu et al., 2026, https://doi.org/10.1029/2026gl121667) is significant for identifying nonlinear wave growth processes in the equatorial region. Because nonlinear growth rates greatly exceed linear growth rates, they enable the local generation of new wave packets in ...
Yoshiharu Omura
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Meter‐Scale Roughness of the Lunar Surface
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 19, 16 October 2026.Abstract Small‐scale surface roughness is a key indicator of local geological processes, yet it has not previously been mapped globally on the Moon. We present global meter‐scale surface roughness maps generated from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter pulses, which record information about surface undulations within the instrument's ∼5 m individual ...
Hephzibah Christopher, Indujaa Ganesh
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The Astrophysical Journal LettersLunar igneous activities, including intrusive magmatism and extrusive volcanism, and their products contain significant information about the lunar interior and its thermal state. Their distribution is asymmetrical on the nearside and farside, reflecting
Yuqi Qian +8 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 The Nectarian-aged Crisium basin exhibits an extremely thin crust and complicated lunar geological history. This large multi-ring impact basin is characterized by prolonged lunar volcanism ranging from the Imbrian age to the Eratosthenian period, forming
Xuejin Lu +5 more
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Moessbauer Spectroscopy for Lunar Resource Assessment: Measurement of Mineralogy and Soil Maturity [PDF]
, 1992 First-order assessment of lunar soil as a resource includes measurement of its mineralogy and maturity. Soils in which the mineral ilmenite is present in high concentrations are desirable feedstock for the production of oxygen at a lunar base.
Agresti, D. G. +6 more
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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 19, 16 October 2026.Abstract Recent works suggest there are periods when the Sun encountered massive interstellar cold clouds which compressed the heliosphere to within Earth's orbit, exposing Earth to interstellar galactic cosmic rays and energetic particles of heliospheric origin.
Anna Nica +4 more
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Mineralogical Mapping of Pyroxene and Anorthosite in Dryden Crater Using M3 Hyperspectral Data
Engineering ProceedingsThis study investigates the mineral composition of the lunar Dryden Crater using Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data. A RGB false-color composite reveals distinct pyroxene, anorthosite, and possibly spinel distribution patterns.
Iskren Ivanov, Lachezar Filchev
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Possible Formation Mechanism of Lunar Hematite
Magnetochemistry, 2023 Hematite, a ferric mineral with diagnostic features in the visible and infrared spectral range, has recently been discovered in the polar regions of the Moon by the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3).
Yue Fu +10 more
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