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...ginally published in "Selenology," the quarterly journal of the [[American Lunar Society]] by former society president [[Eric Douglass]]. Mr. Douglass has ...ill examine the nature and history of these various forces, along with the lunar features caused by each.

[[Lunar Volcanism]] -- theoretical<BR/> [[Lunar Solar Power Arrays]]<BR/>

...wing when and where these events occur may help us understand more about [[lunar tectonics]] and how the moon's atmosphere was formed. The [[Alpha Particle Spectrometer]] aboard [[Lunar Prospector]] was designed to detect these events by tracking the [[alpha pa

...ill examine the nature and history of these various forces, along with the lunar features caused by each. ...de wall]]Meteorite impacts create a shock wave that propagates through the lunar surface. If the shock wave contains sufficient energy, it can have a varie

...ter. Figure 1 is of the Humorum Basin, which has been flooded with ancient lunar lavas.[[Image:GP4Fig_2.jpg|thumb|Figure 2<BR/>A fissure eruption in Hawaii] ...earth, it was shown to have the consistency of motor oil. This is because lunar lava is low in silicates (‘mafic’ lava). By contrast, earth’s ‘dome

...f little interest but it did prove that veins of minerals can occur in the lunar regolith. There were many volcanoes on the Moon and a few vents are suspec Another possible source of lunar ore deposits is meteorite strikes. This is the predominately geologic proc

...s; bottom images are of increasing resolution as Ranger 9 descended to the lunar surface]] However, while the maria appear to have relatively few craters fr ...are of the velocity. Thus, if two meteorites of the same mass strike the lunar surface, but one has twice the velocity of the other, than the faster one p

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