Coupled Thermal-Orbital Evolution of the Early Moon

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Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009dps....41.2601m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #41, #26.01

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Coupled thermal-orbital histories of early lunar evolution are considered in two simple end-member models. We consider a plagioclase lid, overlying a magma ocean, overlying a solid mantle. In one model tidal dissipation occurs in the mantle, and heat transport is by conduction and solid-state convection. In the other model, tidal dissipation occurs in a plagioclase lid and heat transport is by conduction and melt migration. We find that large eccentricities can be obtained in these models. We discuss possible consequences of this phase of large eccentricities for the shape of the Moon and geochronology of lunar samples.

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