The asymmetric distribution of lunar maria and the earth's gravity

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Apr 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976lpsc....7.3097h&link_type=abstract

In: Lunar Science Conference, 7th, Houston, Tex., March 15-19, 1976, Proceedings. Volume 3. (A77-34651 15-91) New York, Pergamon

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Earth Gravitation, Earth-Moon System, Gravitational Effects, Lunar Far Side, Lunar Maria, Planetary Gravitation, Lunar Evolution, Volcanology

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The paper investigates the hypothesis that the asymmetry of the moon with respect to the distribution of maria, reflected in that the surface area of the moon covered by mare material is far greater on the earth-facing side than on the far side, is due to the action of the earth's gravity at a time when the moon was less distant from the earth than today. Such conditions would lead to gravitationally favored areas on the moon such that mare basalt magmas might erupt preferentially on the front side of the moon. Gravitational asymmetry is also discussed in terms of its effect on the shape of the moon, its center of mass, its moments of inertia, and the time scale for the evolution of its orbit.

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