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The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge

The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge

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Series: Springerbriefs in Astronomy

GeologyPhysics

ISBN10: 1461469481
ISBN13: 9781461469483
Publisher: Springer
Published: Apr 30 2013
Pages: 125
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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