De Vries, J., van den Berg, A. & van Westrenen, W. Formation and evolution of a lunar core from ilmenite-rich magma ocean cumulates.
The high-resolution lunar gradient data produced from GRAIL gravity was applied by Andrews-Hanna et al. (2014) to investigate the structure and evolution of the lunar Procellarum region.
With the development of lunar exploration, a lunar global positioning system (LGPS) is demanded for both on-ground and in-flight lunar exploration missions.
Reliable measurements of the Moon's global heat flow would serve as an important diagnostic test for models of lunar thermal evolution and would also help to constrain the Moon's bulk abundance of radioactive elements and its differentiation history.
These instruments will contribute to key planetary scientific questions, related to theories of lunar origin and evolution, the global and local crustal composition, the search for cold traps at the lunar poles and the mapping of potential lunar resources.
SMART-1 is Europe's first lunar mission and will provide some significant advances to many issues currently active in lunar science, such as our understanding of lunar origin and evolution.
The remote sensing instruments will contribute to key planetary scientific questions related to theories of lunar origin and evolution, the global and local crustal composition, the search for cold traps at the lunar poles and the mapping of potential lunar resources.
The stated objective (Sasaki et al., 2003; Kato et al., 2008) of this lunar science mission is to carry out observations from lunar orbit to further our understanding in the areas of lunar origin and evolution, as well as lunar surrounding environments.
We performed a high-pressure, high-temperature experimental study of lunar mineralogical and geochemical evolution during magma ocean solidification that yields constraints on the presence of water in the earliest lunar interior.
Age determinations of lunar mare basalts are essential for understanding the thermal evolution of the Moon.
