[1] A correspondence of the lunar regolith-layer thickness to the lunar digital elevation mapping is proposed to tentatively construct the global distribution of lunar regolith-layer thickness. Using Clementine ultraviolet visible multispectral data, the global spatial distribution of FeO + TiO2 content on the lunar regolith layer is calculated. Thus the dielectric permittivity of the global lu...

0019-1035/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.034 * Corresponding author. Fax: +86 21 65643902. E-mail address: [email protected] (Y.-Q. Jin). In China’s first lunar exploration project, Chang-E 1 (CE-1), a multi-channel microwave radiometer was aboard the satellite, with the purpose of measuring microwave brightness temperature (Tb) from lunar surface and surve...

We obtained direct global measurements of the lunar surface using multispectral thermal emission mapping with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment. Most lunar terrains have spectral signatures that are consistent with known lunar anorthosite and basalt compositions. However, the data have also revealed the presence of highly evolved, silica-rich lunar soils in ki...

Introduction: It has been known for over 20 years that certain meteorites originated on the moon and Mars. The launch and delivery of these stones is understood qualitatively as a consequence of impact events on those bodies. One of the puzzling features of the sample population is the relative abundance of lunar vs. Martian meteorites. One would think that lunar meteorites should be much more ...

Background and objectives: Oliveria decumbens belongs to Apiaceae family and is used in wide range of diseases such as gastrointestinal disorder. Several studies have shown that Oliveria decumbens essential oil possessed high amount of thymol and carvacrol but some other studies revealed that myristicin was one of the main components of the oil. The aim of the...

the concept of casualty or the causal argument is a concept that draws attention of the philosophers over the time. among those who consider the causal argument is thomas aquinas, a famous philosopher of the scholastic era. among contemporary muslim philosophers, allameh mohammad hossein tabatabaee, has also worked on this concept. the aim of the paper is to study around the concept of casualty...

Concepts for a long-duration habitat at Earth-Moon L1 or L2 have been advanced for a number of purposes. We propose here that such a facility could also have an important role for low-latency telerobotic control of lunar surface equipment, both for lunar science and development. With distances of about 60,000 km from the lunar surface, such sites offer light-time limited two-way control latenci...

Synchrony of spawning in many hermatypic corals, typically a few nights after the full moon, is putatively dependent on solar and lunar light cycles in conjunction with other possible cues such as tides and temperature. We analyze here the contributions of separate components of light dynamics, because the effects of twilight and lunar skylight on coral spawning synchrony have previously been c...