Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.129 ISSUE 12 | 14 December 2024
Using the Melosh Model of Acoustic Fluidization to Simulate Impact Crater Collapse on the Earth and Moon
Andrea Rajsic + Brandon C Johnson + Gareth S Collins ...
The formation of complex craters requires some form of transient weakening of target rocks. Acoustic fluidization is one proposed mechanism applied in many numerical simulations...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.51 ISSUE 24 | 11 December 2024
Chronology, Local Stratigraphy, and Foreign Ejecta Materials at the Chang'e‐6 Landing Site: Constraints on the Provenance of Samples Returned From the Moon's Farside
Luyuan Xu + Jianguo Yan + Le Qiao ...
China's Chang'e‐6 (CE‐6) mission has returned the first‐ever lunar farside samples from a mare plain on the southern Apollo basin floor. The crater statistics...
Space Weather VOL.22 ISSUE 11 | 18 November 2024
The Radiation Impact of Solar Energetic Particle Events on the Moon: A Statistical Study Using Data‐Based Modeling Results
Bailiang Liu + Jingnan Guo + Mikhail Igorevich Dobynde ...
The Moon lacks a global magnetic field and atmosphere, leaving its surface been directly exposed to high‐energy cosmic radiation. Sporadic Solar Particle Events are...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.129 ISSUE 10 | 16 October 2024
A Synchronous Moon as a Possible Cause of Mars' Initial Triaxiality
Michael Efroimsky
The paper addresses the possibility of a young Mars having had a massive moon, which synchronized the rotation of Mars, and gave Mars an initial asymmetric triaxiality to...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.129 ISSUE 11 | 4 November 2024
Evidence for Magnetized Basin Ejecta on the Moon From Observations and Modeling of Demagnetized Craters
Hyeonhu Park + Ian Garrick-Bethell + Brandon C Johnson ...
The formation of lunar crustal magnetic anomalies is not well understood, and most anomalies are not associated with any obvious geologic features. To investigate further,...