Existence of the lunar core

Details Existence of the lunar core Existence of the lunar core

Jan 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005hia....13..776g&link_type=abstract

In: Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 13, as presented at the XXVth General Assembly of the IAU - 2003 [Sydney, Australia, 13 - 26 J

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Moon Core

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The question of lunar core existence is still an open question. If core existence will be verified by future direct measurements such a core would give constraints to the model of origin of the Moon. A short review of results concerning facts of core existence is given in the report. The most advances in this study were obtained as results of the investigation of Lunar gravity and physical libration. The accumulated data about the lunar gravity are now very wealthy but there is still a great deal to supplement the data about gravity and topography picture on the far-side. Though there are many inferential evidence of presence at the Moon of a core nevertheless the direct experiments on detection of the core and determination of its characteristics are very important. The large prospects in the decision of this problem are opened by the RISE and ILOM projects of SELENE I II mission. Obtained data will allow to improve the physical libration theory of the Moon and together with theoretical and observational libration data they will provide a further study of the lunar interior and as a consequence of its origin and evolution.

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