Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
When sufficiently large impact craters form on the Moon, rocks and unweathered materials are excavated from beneath the regolith and deposited into their blocky ejecta. This enhances the rockiness and roughness of the proximal ejecta surrounding fresh impact craters. The interior of fresh craters are typically also rough, due to blocks, breccia, and impact melt. Thus, both the interior and proximal ejecta of fresh craters are usually radar bright and have high circular polarization ratios (CPR). Beyond the proximal ejecta, radar-dark halos are observed around some fresh craters, suggesting that distal ejecta is finer-grained than background regolith. The radar signatures of craters fade with time as the regolith grows.
Keywords:
Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Type:
MSFC-E-DAA-TN38542
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2017; Mar 20, 2017 - Mar 24, 2017; The Woodlands, TX; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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