The moon's near side megabasin and far side bulge

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 satellit...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Byrne, Charles J., 1935-2023
Μορφή: Livre numérique
Γλώσσα:Anglais
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York 2013.
Cham : Springer Nature
Σειρά:SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
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Edition sous un autre format:• The Moon's near side megabasin and far side bulge, Charles J. Byrne, 2013, New York, Springer, 1 volume (xiii-125 p.), Springer briefs in astronomy, 978-1-461-46948-3
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Foreword Chapter 1: The asymmetric nature of the Moon differences between the near and far sides Chapter 2: Impact dynamics from craters to ringed basins to giant basins Chapter 3: A model of large lunar impact cavities and their external ejecta Chapter 4: The search for ancient impacts Chapter 5: The Near Side Megabasin Chapter 6: Age of the Near Side Megabasin Chapter 7: The far side megabasin (the South Pole Aitken Basin) Chapter 8: A dynamic model of the history of the Moon Chapter 9: Implications to the surface mineral distribution and thermal history of the Moon Chapter 10: Alternate explanations for the shape of the Moon Chapter 11: The need for ground truth of the far side of the Moon Chapter 12: Summary Index