Geology of the Moon

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131Moons / Planemos / Lunar craters / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Geology of the Moon / Victoria quadrangle / Spaceflight / Planetary science / Moon

LRO Determines Lunar Cratering History The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter used millions of measurements of the lunar surface to establish the history of cratering on the surface. Problem 1 - The diameter of the moon is 3,

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-09-27 09:16:56
132Astronomy / Planetary geology / Lunar science / Planetary science / Moons / Planemos

LRO Explores Lunar Surface Cratering The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above image shows a region near the Apollo-11 landing site. The Lunar Module (LM) c

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-07-19 13:04:48
133Moons / Planemos / Lunar craters / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Geology of the Moon / Victoria quadrangle / Spaceflight / Planetary science / Moon

LRO Determines Lunar Cratering History The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter used millions of measurements of the lunar surface to establish the history of cratering on the surface. Problem 1 - The diameter of the moon is 3,

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-09-27 10:16:56
134Astronomy / Planetary geology / Lunar science / Planetary science / Moons / Planemos

LRO Explores Lunar Surface Cratering The LRO satellite recently imaged the surface of the moon at a resolution of 1.4 meters/pixel. The above image shows a region near the Apollo-11 landing site. The Lunar Module (LM) c

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-07-19 14:04:48
135Exploration of the Moon / Discovery program / Moons / Planemos / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Meteorite / Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory / Geology of the Moon / Deep Impact / Spaceflight / Spacecraft / Space technology

Grail Creates a New Crater on the Moon On December 17, 2012 each of the twin Grail spacecraft ended their lunar mapping missions by crashing into the lunar surface. The

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-01-29 15:36:32
136Astronomy / Moon / Lunar Orbiter program / Lunar science / Planetary geology / Planetary science / Lunar craters / Tycho

Craters on the Moon - I 9 This is a NASA image taken by the Lunar Orbiter IV spacecraft as it captured close-up images of the lunar surface in May, 1967. The large crater at the top-center is Tycho. Other images from th

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-10-16 09:47:22
137Moon / Moons / Planemos / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Lunar craters / Apollo / Geology of the Moon / Borealis quadrangle / Spaceflight / Spacecraft / Exploration of the Moon

Lunar Crater Frequency Distributions This image of the 800-meter x 480-meter region near the Apollo-11 landing pad (arrow) was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). It reveals hundreds of craters covering the

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-12-29 12:30:02
138Lunar science / Moon / Moons / Planemos / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / Apollo 15 / Apollo 11 / Geology of the Moon / Lunar craters / Spaceflight / Apollo program / Exploration of the Moon

LRO - The Relative Ages of Lunar Surfaces We have all sees pictures of craters on the moon. The images on the next two pages show close-up views of the cratered lunar surface near the Apollo 15 and Apollo 11 landing area

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-01-07 12:30:54
139Planetary geology / Moon rock / Moon / Regolith / Crust / Lunar mare / Giant impact hypothesis / Impact crater / Meteorite / Lunar science / Planetary science / Geology

MOON FORMATION — 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO Moon spawned from Earth Scientists believe that the Moon formed when an object the size of Mars crashed into Earth roughly 4.5 billion years ago. The debris from the collision end

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Source URL: www.ccsf.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-11-17 20:48:40
140Space / Moon / Basalt / Lunar water / Apollo program / Lunar mare / Apatite / Geology of the Moon / Tektite / Lunar science / Planetary science / Spaceflight

Lunar rock samples reveal variations in water concentrations

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Source URL: phys.org

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-15 23:43:30
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