Geologic investigation of lobate scarps in the vicinity of Chandrayaan-3 landing site in the southern high latitudes of the moon

Sinha, Rishitosh K.; Rani, A.; Ruj, Trishit; Bhardwaj, Anil

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115636

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“…These appear to be patchy and focused on the near side according to the data obtained thus far, though this is likely to be a selection effect of the current monitor sampling [ 37 ]. The Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander, albeit short-lived, touched down at a southern lunar latitude, and carried an instrument to detect seismic activity in these ill-explored zones [ 41 ]. In the longer term, we should learn a lot more from ambitious concepts such as the Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna, which will comprise a correlated network of seismometers aimed at providing several orders-of-magnitude improvement in sensitivity over the Apollo network in the mHz range [ 42 ].…”

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X-ray astronomy from the lunar surface

Gandhi

2024

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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Motivated by efforts to return humanity to the Moon, three cases are reviewed for X-ray astronomy from the lunar surface: (i) facilitation of ambitious engineering designs including high-throughput telescopes, long focal length optics and X-ray interferometery; (ii) occultation studies and the gain they enable in astrometric precision; and (iii) multi-messenger time-domain coordinated observations. The potential benefits of, and challenges presented by, operating from the Moon are discussed. Some of these cases have relatively low mass budgets and could be conducted as early pathfinders, while others are more ambitious and will likely need to await improvements in technology or well-developed lunar bases. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Astronomy from the Moon: the next decades (part 2)’.

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confidence: 99%