The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL

High-resolution gravity data obtained from the dual Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft show that the bulk density of the Moon's highlands crust is 2550 kilograms per cubic meter, substantially lower than generally assumed. When combined with remote sensing and sample da...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2013-02, Vol.339 (6120), p.671-675
Hauptverfasser:	Wieczorek, Mark A., Neumann, Gregory A., Nimmo, Francis, Kiefer, Walter S., Taylor, G. Jeffrey, Melosh, H. Jay, Phillips, Roger J., Solomon, Sean C., Andrews-Hanna, Jeffrey C., Asmar, Sami W., Konopliv, Alexander S., Lemoine, Frank G., Smith, David E., Watkins, Michael M., Williams, James G., Zuber, Maria T.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomy Astrophysics Crusts Density Earth Earth Sciences Earths Moon Fracturing Geochemistry Gravitation Gravitational fields Gravity Impact basins Lunar crust Mantle Minerals Moon Online Planetology Porosity Remote sensing satellites Sciences of the Universe Seismology Tectonics Terrestrial planets
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