The lunar fossil bulge |
The lunar fossil bulge |
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Aug 2 2006, 10:11 PM
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Aug 3 2006, 06:56 PM
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Did everyone do their homework?
The Garrick-Bethell et al. paper ("Evidence for a Past High-Eccentricity Lunar Orbit") and the accompanying Perspectives piece by Kimmo Innanen ("Solving Laplace's Lunar Puzzle") are being published in the August 4, 2006, issue of Science. See also: Moon's Strange Bulge Finally Explained By Sara Goudarzi Staff Writer, Space.com posted: 03 August 2006 02:10 pm ET |
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Aug 8 2006, 01:29 AM
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Some related press articles:
Solved! Mysterious Moon bulge explained by eccentric orbit by Marie Theresa Bray Cosmos Online Friday, 4 August 2006 Scientists Chip Away at Mysteries of the Moon By KENNETH CHANG The New York Times August 8, 2006 |
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Aug 9 2006, 07:14 PM
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Thank you for the heads up, and that explanation do indeed sound plausible.
To me it seems that this theory also go hand in hand with the impact scenario for the Moons formation. Since the eccentric orbit would be a more likely result from such one impact. |
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Aug 9 2006, 10:03 PM
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Thank you for the heads up, and that explanation do indeed sound plausible. To me it seems that this theory also go hand in hand with the impact scenario for the Moons formation. Since the eccentric orbit would be a more likely result from such one impact. Great minds think alike, I guess. Here's an excerpt (references omitted) from Kimmo Innanen's accompanying Perspectives piece ("Solving Laplace's Lunar Puzzle") in the same issue:
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Aug 10 2006, 04:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
About the Moon bugle, I would like to know what part of Moon has bugle. As I have observed my Moon Near Side Map and have found that the North and South regions has higher altitude average than in the middle latitudes. The Mars (Marias) are in the lower level of surface. I haven't seen the Moon Far Side. I suppose that the lowest point of Moon is at the Atkinson Crater which is the biggest impact crater of the solar system.
Rodolfo |
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Sep 1 2006, 11:29 PM
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The Garrick-Bethell et al. paper ("Evidence for a Past High-Eccentricity Lunar Orbit") and the accompanying Perspectives piece by Kimmo Innanen ("Solving Laplace's Lunar Puzzle") are being published in the August 4, 2006, issue of Science. For those without access to Science, one of the paper's co-authors, Maria Zuber, is offering a reprint (168 Kb PDF) via her publications page. |
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Aug 4 2011, 02:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Bump to an old old thread because it has some older theories about the lunar farside. I was curious what past thinking was after today's news.
New theory published today in Nature: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110803/ful...s.2011.456.html Somehow Gawker got a better image, though: http://gawker.com/5827556/we-used-to-have-...oon-murdered-it |
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