954 Index
molecular cloud, collapse, solar system
origins, 30, 31
moment of inertia
Europa satellite, 433
Ganymede/Callisto, 452
Moon, 227, 229
Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended
(MCNPX), 769
Montes Olympus volcano, Mars, 319
Moon (Earth)
Apollomissions, 231, 232, 233, 234,
239, 240, 879–880
atmosphere
observations, 662
surface-bounded exosphere, 662
Clementinegeochemical mapping
mission, 245
composition
flood basalt, 129
meteorites, 247
meteoroids, 244
minerals, 247
Cordillera mountains, 816
craters, 230, 236–239
impact, origins, 824
microcraters, 627
Earth-Moon distance, 228
echoes, 749
Feldspathic Highland Terrane (THT),
246
fluid flood basalts, 129
gamma ray leak, 771
geophysics
gravity, 230–231
heat flow/temperature profile,
231
magnetic field, 232
seismology, 231
Harriot, libration latitude, 57
highland crust
Alkali suite, 244
breccias, 245
crustal terranes, 245–246
ferroan anorthosite, 242–243
KREEP basalt, 244, 245
magma ocean, 245
Mg suite, 243–244
historical studies
17th century, second half, 57
19th century, 61–62
20th century, pre-space age, 66–67
impact basins, 125
impact processes
cratering history/lunar cataclysm,
237–239
craters/multiring basins, 236–237
interplanetary dust, 627
iron content, 246–247
Late Heavy Bombardment period, 123
Lunar Prospectorgeochemical
mapping mission, 245
Mare Crisium, 228
maria, 239–242
mare basalt ages, 241–242
mare basalt composition, 242
mare basalt origins, 242
mare ridges, 233
mascons, 231
of Mercury, 315
moment of inertia value, 227
Oceanus Procellarum, 228
Orientale impact basin, 824
origin, 247–249
orthographic projections, near/far
sides, 780–781
physical properties
albedo, 229
angular momentum, 229
center of mass/center of figure
offset, 229–230
eclipses, 228–229
lunar atmosphere, 229
mass, density, moment of inertia,
229
orbit and rotation, 228
remote spectral observations,
230
Procellarum KREEP Terrane (PKT),
246
rotation, 227
soil, components, 233
solid surfaces, observations, 679–680
South Pole-Aitken Basin, 231, 236
South Pole-Aitken Terrane (SPAT),
246
structure
core, 236
crust, 234–235
mantle, 235–236
surface
Apollo 17landing site, 750
regolith, 229, 232–233
stratigraphy, 233–234, 235
tectonics, 233
Surveyorlander mission, 240
tektites, 247
volcanic features, 831–832
lava flow units, 831
pyroclastic deposits, 832
sinuous rilles, 832
X-ray emissions, 641
ROSATsoft X-ray images, 642
Morabito, Linda, 421
Morbidelli, Alessandro, 288
Mössbauer Spectrometer (MB), 332
Mt. Fujiyama stratovolcano, 321
multiple planetary system, 894
muonic neutrinos (νμ), 74Nakhala (Egypt) meteorite shower, 256
nakhlites, shocked, 268
Nanedi Vallis, Mars, 861
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
Deep Impactmission, Tempel 1
comet, 558
Deep Space 1, Borrelly’s comet flyby,
558
KEPLER mission, Earth-like planets,
901
Long Duration Exposure Facility, 627
Mars Pathfindermission, 303, 317
New Horizonsspacecraft mission, 619
Stardustspacecraft, Wild 2 comet
flyby, 2
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF), 892
U.S. Congress formation, 736
Vikinglanders, 303
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), 224
National Space Development Agency
(NASDA), Japan, 290
Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
(NEAR) mission, 283–284
GRS equipment onboard, 296
NEO ins-situ studies, 284, 295–296
Shoemaker spacecraft
asteroid 433 Eros, 655
XRS equipment onboard, 296
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
system, 290
near-Earth asteroids (NEA), 254
echoes, 1566 Icarus, 736
telescopic discovery, 731
Near Earth Object Program web site,
290
near-Earth objects (NEOs)
2101 Adonis, 289
asteroid-like, 288
impact hazards
frequency, 298
magnitude, 297–298
ins-situ studies
Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
spacecraft, 13–14, 284
sample return mission, 296–297
lightcurves of, 292
location, 283
low orbital inclinations, 286
Main Asteroid Belt origination, 283
2201 Oljato, 289
origins
dynamical history, 289
meteor shower associations, 289
relationship to comets, 287
relationship to main belt asteroids,
287
relationship to meteorites, 287