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A New Chronology for the Moon and Mercury
Marchi, Simone and Mottola, Stefano and Cremonese, Gabriele and Massironi, Matteo and Martellato, Elena (2009) A New Chronology for the Moon and Mercury. Astronomical Journal, 137 (6), pp. 4936-4948. The American Astronomical Society. DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4936. ISSN 0004-6256.
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Abstract
In this paper, we present a new method for dating the surface of the Moon, obtained by modeling the incoming flux of impactors and converting it into a size distribution of resulting craters. We compare the results from this model with the standard chronology for the Moon showing their similarities and discrepancies. In particular, we find indications of a nonconstant impactor flux in the last 500 Myr and also discuss the implications of our findings for the Late Heavy Bombardment hypothesis. We also show the potential of our model for accurate dating of other inner solar system bodies, by applying it to Mercury.
| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||
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| Title: | A New Chronology for the Moon and Mercury | ||||||||||||
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| Date: | 05 May 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Astronomical Journal | ||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| In Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Volume: | 137 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4936 | ||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 4936-4948 | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | The American Astronomical Society | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0004-6256 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Earth – Moon – planets and satellites: individual (Mercury) – solar system: general | ||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums | ||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums | ||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben Asteroiden und Kometen | ||||||||||||
| Location: | Berlin-Adlershof | ||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Planetary Research > Asteroids and Comets | ||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Dr.phys. Stefano Mottola | ||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 08 Dec 2009 10:25 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2013 16:18 |
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