The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge
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Beschreibung
Since Luna and Lunar Orbiter photographed the far side of the Moon, the mysterious dichotomy between the face of the Moon as we see it from Earth and the side of the Moon that is hidden has puzzled lunar scientists. As we learned more from the Apollo sample return missions and later robotic satellites, the puzzle literally deepened, showing asymmetry of the crust and mantle, all the way to the core of the Moon. This book summarizes the author’s successful search for an ancient impact feature, the Near Side Megabasin of the Moon and the extensions to impact theory needed to find it. The implications of this ancient event are developed to answer many of the questions about the history of the Moon.
Since Luna and Lunar Orbiter photographed the far side of the Moon, the mysterious dichotomy between the face of the Moon as we see it from Earth and the side of the Moon that is hidden has puzzled lunar scientists. As we learned more from the Apollo sample return missions and later robotic satellites, the puzzle literally deepened, showing asymmetry of the crust and mantle, all the way to the core of the Moon. This book summarizes the author’s successful search for an ancient impact feature, the Near Side Megabasin of the Moon and the extensions to impact theory needed to find it. The implications of this ancient event are developed to answer many of the questions about the history of the Moon.
Reviews the author's original research and pulls it together in one place Answers many of the questions about lunar history through the discovery of the Near Side Megabasin Elucidates the profound effects the Near Side Megabasin had on the subsequent development of the Moon Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Charles Byrne
Themen in »The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge«
Far Side Megabasin Far side of the Moon History of the Moon Impact dynamics Moon Lunar geology history Lunar impact cavities Lunar impact craters Moon basins formation Near Side Megabasin Springer astronomy brief