Researchers from the Planetary Science Institute have created a 1:200,000 scale geological map of the Moon's Oriental Basins. This focuses on identifying the most extensive and accessible locations of impact melt deposits from basin-forming impacts to guide sample return missions.
paper Published in Planetary Science Journal.
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Kirby Runyon others. 2024. Oriental Basins as a Guide for Identifying Dataable Impact Melts and Evaluating Impact Melt Distinctions in Lunar Basins. planet. Science. J 5(11):249;doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ad862f
This article is a reprint of a press release provided by the Planetary Science Institute.
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