A possible lunar outcrop - A study of Lunokhod-2 data

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Sep 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977moon...17...19b&link_type=abstract

The Moon, vol. 17, Sept. 1977, p. 19-28.

Physics

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Bedrock, Lunar Rocks, Lunokhod Lunar Roving Vehicles, Geomorphology, Lunar Crust, Lunar Geology

Scientific paper

The remotely controlled vehicle Lunokhod-2 travelled extensively around the edges of a linear depression unofficially called Fossa Recta. The edges of the Fossa are marked by elongated boulder fields. Three lines of reasoning suggest that the boulder fields are not the usual 'erratic' boulders found on a normal mare surface, but are bedrock protuberances: (1) The morphology of many boulders is reminiscent of primary lava features, (2) toward the edge of the Fossa the regolith thins out; (3) a model of lunar 'gardening' indicates that no regolith is to be expected in the upper portion of a non-impact cliff.

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