The Moon's Largest Craters and Basins : Images and Topographic Maps from LRO, GRAIL, and Kaguya / / by Charles J. Byrne |
Autore | Byrne Charles J |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Planetology Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-319-22032-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Refining the sequence of features -- Feature Diameter as a Function of Sequence Number -- Initial Depth and Later Isostatic Compensation -- Bouguer Gravity Patterns of Impact Features -- PreNectarian Period -- Nectarian Period -- Early Imbrium Period -- Late Imbrian Period. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254615103321 |
Byrne Charles J | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The moon's near side megabasin and far side bulge / / Charles J. Byrne |
Autore | Byrne Charles J |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer Science, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (138 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.3 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in astronomy |
Soggetto topico | Astronomy |
ISBN | 1-4614-6949-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Chapter 1: The asymmetric nature of the Moon – differences between the near and far sides -- Chapter 2: Impact dynamics from craters to ringed basins to giant basins -- Chapter 3: A model of large lunar impact cavities and their external ejecta -- Chapter 4: The search for ancient impacts -- Chapter 5: The Near Side Megabasin -- Chapter 6: Age of the Near Side Megabasin -- Chapter 7: The far side megabasin (the South Pole – Aitken Basin) -- Chapter 8: A dynamic model of the history of the Moon -- Chapter 9: Implications to the surface mineral distribution and thermal history of the Moon -- Chapter 10: Alternate explanations for the shape of the Moon -- Chapter 11: The need for ground truth of the far side of the Moon -- Chapter 12: Summary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910741188303321 |
Byrne Charles J | ||
New York, : Springer Science, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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