Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999nvm..conf....3a&link_type=abstract
Workshop on New Views of the Moon 2: Understanding the Moon Through the Integration of Diverse Datasets, p. 3
Mathematics
Logic
Gravitation, Gravitational Fields, Lunar Crust, Moon, Thickness, Clementine Spacecraft, Lunar Prospector
Scientific paper
The Lunar Prospector spacecraft has mapped the gravity field of the Moon to a level of resolution never achieved before, and a spherical harmonic representation to degree and order 100 is available. When combined with the topography dataset produced by the Clementine mission, the resulting Bouguer anomaly map is interpreted to model the thickness of the lunar crust. Such models are crucial to understanding the lunar thermal history and the formation of geological features such as mascon basins, several more of which have been newly discovered from this dataset. A two-layer planetary model was used to compute the variations of the depth to the lunar Moho. The thickness values ranged from near 0 to 120 km. There is significant agreement with previous work using the Clementine gravitational field data with differences in specific locations such as South Pole-Aitken Basin, for example.
Asmar Sami
Konopliv Alex
Moore Wally W.
Schubert Gerald
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