The Moon's Largest Craters and Basins

The Moon's Largest Craters and Basins
Author: Charles J. Byrne
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319220322

This most recent book from lunar expert Charles J. Byrne combines the latest comprehensive imagery, topography and gravity data from all three recent Moon missions, Kaguya, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and GRAIL. These major polar-orbit surveys are presented here in compact form for the convenience of amateur and practical astronomers concerned with the Moon. Chosen from the Near and Far Side's large craters and basins over 200 km in diameter, each of the 71 highlighted features is depicted with a two-page presentation of the data that includes false color topographic maps next to the mission images. Additionally, the features are presented in the estimated chronological sequence of their creation, based on a consideration of stratigraphy (overlapping layers from neighboring features) and the relative degradation of surface features. Using this sequence as a way to convey the relative ages of lunar features, the author presents various theories concerning the Moon’s impact and thermal history e.g. the available evidence allows for constraints to be placed on the duration of the Late Heavy Bombardment period. The relationships between impact dynamics and variations in the gravity field of the Moon are also discussed. The new mission data makes possible this renewed conjecture about the history and evolution of the Moon, which is presented here with much worthwhile information for amateurs and professionals alike.

Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters

Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters
Author: David Hurd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2011
Genre: Braille books
ISBN:

The phases bring the Moon to life and highlight the complex moonscape of hills and ridges and dark and light areas. This book is designed to give you the basics about the craters that are found on the Moon.

Lunar Sourcebook

Lunar Sourcebook
Author: Grant Heiken
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 796
Release: 1991-04-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521334440

The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.

The Geology of Multi-Ring Impact Basins

The Geology of Multi-Ring Impact Basins
Author: Paul D. Spudis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 1993-10-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521261031

A comprehensive geological study of large impact craters on the Moon.

The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge

The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge
Author: Charles Byrne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 146146949X

Since Luna and Lunar Orbiter photographed the far side of the Moon, the mysterious dichotomy between the face of the Moon as we see it from Earth and the side of the Moon that is hidden has puzzled lunar scientists. As we learned more from the Apollo sample return missions and later robotic satellites, the puzzle literally deepened, showing asymmetry of the crust and mantle, all the way to the core of the Moon. This book summarizes the author’s successful search for an ancient impact feature, the Near Side Megabasin of the Moon and the extensions to impact theory needed to find it. The implications of this ancient event are developed to answer many of the questions about the history of the Moon.

Moons

Moons
Author: David A. Rothery
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2015
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0198735278

Our Solar System contains more moons than planets. They show astonishing variety, and some look more likely than Mars to host microbial life. David Rothery describes these fascinating small worlds, their discovery, names, and what they can tell us about our solar system.

The Value of the Moon

The Value of the Moon
Author: Paul D. Spudis
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1588345033

While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In The Value of the Moon, lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order to remain a world leader in space utilization and development and a participant in and beneficiary of a new lunar economy. Spudis explores three reasons for returning to the Moon: it is close, it is interesting, and it is useful. The proximity of the Moon not only allows for frequent launches, but also control of any machinery we place there. It is interesting because recorded deep on its surface and in its craters is the preserved history of the moon, the sun, and indeed the entire galaxy. And finally, the moon is useful because it is rich with materials and energy. The moon, Spudis argues, is a logical base for further space exploration and even a possible future home for us all. Throughout his work, Spudis incorporates details about man's fascination with the moon and its place in our shared history. He also explores its religious, cultural, and scientific resonance and assesses its role in the future of spaceflight and our national security and prosperity.

Atlas of the Gravity and Magnetic Fields of the Moon

Atlas of the Gravity and Magnetic Fields of the Moon
Author: Jaroslav Klokočník
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2022-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031088670

This book presents gravity aspects (gravity disturbance, Marussi tensor, two gravity invariants, their certain ratio, the strike angles, and the virtual deformations) which are computed and evaluated for the Moon, using the recent static global gravity field model (GRGM1200A) to degree and order of 600 in spherical harmonic expansion. The magnetic anomaly model and surface topography (from the LOLA mission) are added. Results are shown for the whole Moon, for its segments around the Moon and as zooms for selected impact craters, maria and catenae; they are shortly interpreted and opened for further selenologic applications. The book contains information about the geology of the Moon, together with basic information about the magnetic field, mapping and topography models.

Atlas of the Lunar Terminator

Atlas of the Lunar Terminator
Author: John E. Westfall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2000-06-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521590020

Showcasing features just a mile across in 47 high-resolution images.

New Views of the Moon

New Views of the Moon
Author: Bradley L. Jolliff
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2018-12-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1501509535

Volume 60 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry assesses the current state of knowledge of lunar geoscience, given the data sets provided by missions of the 1990's, and lists remaining key questions as well as new ones for future exploration to address. It documents how a planet or moon other than the world on which we live can be studied and understood in light of integrated suites of specific kinds of information. The Moon is the only body other than Earth for which we have material samples of known geologic context for study. This volume seeks to show how the different kinds of information gained about the Moon relate to each other and also to learn from this experience, thus allowing more efficient planning for the exploration of other worlds.