A lunar terrane is a major geologic province on the Moon. Three terranes have been identified on the Moon: the Procellarum KREEP Terrane, the Feldspathic...
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Solar System portal Lunar resources Lunar terrane Selenography Sodium tail of the Moon Heiken; Vanniman & French (1991). Lunar Sourcebook. Cambridge...
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Selenography (redirect from Lunar Science)
principal concern of selenographists was the mapping and naming of the lunar terrane identifying maria, craters, mountain ranges, and other various features...
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Gillis; Larry Haskin; Randy Korotev; Mark Wieczorek (2000). "Major lunar crustal terranes" (PDF). J. Geophys. Res. 105 (E2): 4197–4216. Bibcode:2000JGR.....
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Geology of the Moon (redirect from Lunar surface)
geologic province that is now known as the Procellarum KREEP Terrane. Quickly after the lunar crust formed, or even as it was forming, different types of...
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Moon (redirect from Lunar mass)
the Moon have synchronized the Moon's orbital period (lunar month) with its rotation period (lunar day) at 29.5 Earth days, causing the same side of the...
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KREEP (section Lunar Prospector measurements)
and the Mare Imbrium. This is a unique lunar geological province that is now known as the Procellarum KREEP Terrane. Basins far from this province that dug...
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Yutu (rover) (redirect from Yutu (Lunar rover))
Yutu (Chinese: 玉兔; pinyin: Yùtù; lit. 'Jade Rabbit') was a robotic lunar rover that formed part of the Chinese Chang'e 3 mission to the Moon. It was launched...
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Late Heavy Bombardment (redirect from Lunar cataclysm)
The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), or lunar cataclysm, is a hypothesized astronomical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years...
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Volcanism on the Moon (redirect from Lunar volcanism)
Larry A.; Korotev, Randy L.; Wieczorek, Mark L. (2000). "Major lunar crustal terranes" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 105 (E2): 4197–4216. Bibcode:2000JGR...
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