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Evidence for Fine-grained Material at Lunar Red Spots: Insights from Thermal Infrared and Radar Data Sets

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
Lunar red spots are small spectrally red features that have been proposed to be the result of non-mare volcanism. Studies have shown that a number of red spots are silicic, and are spectrally distinct from both highlands and mare compositions.
Benjamin D Byron, Catherine M. Elder, Timothy D. Glotch, Paul O. Hayne, Lori M. Pigue, Joshua T. S. Cahill   +5 more
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Extensive Intrusive Magmatism in the Lunar Farside Apollo and South Pole–Aitken Basins, Chang’e-6 Landing Site

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Lunar 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, James Head, Joseph Michalski, Shengxia Gong, Wei Yang, Zilong Wang, Long Xiao, Xianhua Li, Guochun Zhao   +8 more
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Lunar Degree-2 Tidal Love Number Determination Based on Combination of Four-way Radiometric Tracking and LLR Data

The Astronomical Journal
Lunar tidal Love numbers ( ${k}_{2}$ , ${h}_{2}$ , and ${l}_{2}$ ), critical for understanding lunar interior structures, are traditionally derived from methods such as lunar spacecraft radiometric tracking, Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), and laser altimetry.
Chongyang Wang, Jianguo Yan, Shangbiao Sun, Denggao Qiu, Jean-Pierre Barriot   +4 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, Georgiana Y. Kramer, Gareth S. Collins, Ross W. K. Potter, Mitali Chandnani   +4 more
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Scientific Preparations for Lunar Exploration with the European Lunar Lander

, 2012
This paper discusses the scientific objectives for the ESA Lunar Lander Mission, which emphasise human exploration preparatory science and introduces the model scientific payload considered as part of the on-going mission studies, in advance of a formal ...
Arnold, B. Houdou, Berg, Carpenter, Carrier, Carroll, Chin, Clark, Cockell, Colaprete, Collier, Committee on the Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon, Courreges-Lacoste, D. De Rosa, Durante, Eriksson, Escoubet, Fegley, Feldman, Feldman, Feuerbacher, Glenar, Griffiths, Grün, Halekas, Halekas, Hecht, Holback, Horanyi, Horanyi, Huixian, Immer, J.D. Carpenter, Lewis, Liu, Liu, Loftus, Lunar exploration definition team, McKay, Mendell, Mitrofanov, Murphy, O'Brien, O'Brien, Paige, Park, Pieters, Pines, R. Fisackerly, Reasoner, Sternovsky, Sunshine, Taylor, Thomas, Todd, Walbridge, Zombeck   +56 more
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Sensing Lunar Dust Density Using Radio Science Signals of Opportunity

Remote Sensing
Previous lunar missions, such as Surveyor, Apollo, and the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), have played a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of the lunar exosphere’s dynamics and its relationship with solar wind flux.
Kamal Oudrhiri, Yu-Ming Yang, Daniel Erwin   +2 more
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Ultraviolet and magnetic perspectives at Reiner Gamma and the implications for solar wind weathering

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022
With the wealth of missions selected to visit the lunar surface in the decade ahead, preparatory investigations into surface conditions are underway to explore potential challenges and science returns during these missions. One such mission, Lunar Vertex,
C. D. Waller, J. T. S. Cahill, K. D. Retherford, K. D. Retherford, A. R. Hendrix, R. C. Allen, S. K. Vines, H. M. Meyer, A. A. Wirth-Singh   +8 more
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Lunar Exploration Based on Ground-Based Radar: Current Research Progress and Future Prospects

Remote Sensing
Lunar exploration is of significant importance in the development and utilization of in situ lunar resources, water ice exploration, and astronomical science. In recent years, ground-based radar (GBR) has gained increasing attention in the field of lunar
Jiangwan Xu, Chunyu Ding, Yan Su, Zonghua Ding, Song Yang, Jiawei Li, Zehua Dong, Ravi Sharma, Xiaohang Qiu, Zhonghan Lei, Haoyu Chen, Changzhi Jiang, Wentao Chen, Qi Cheng, Zihang Liang   +14 more
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Mineral Abundances Inferred From In Situ Reflectance Measurements of Chang'E‐4 Landing Site in South Pole‐Aitken Basin

Geophysical Research Letters, 2019
During its first two lunar day measurements, the visible and near‐infrared spectrometer on board the Yutu‐2 Rover of the Chang'E‐4 mission acquired six in situ reflectance spectra from the floor of Von Kármán crater within the South Pole‐Aitken basin.
Xiaoyi Hu, Pei Ma, Yazhou Yang, Meng‐Hua Zhu, Te Jiang, Paul G. Lucey, Lingzhi Sun, Hao Zhang, Chunlai Li, Rui Xu, Zhiping He, Hongyu Lin, Changning Huang, Yuxue Sun   +13 more
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Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research: Comprehensive Report to The NASA Lunar Science Institute. March 1, 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
The Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR) is a team of researchers and students at leading universities, NASA centers, and federal research laboratories undertaking investigations aimed at using the Moon as a platform for space ...
Burns, Jack, Lazio, Joseph
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