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The scientific rationale for deployment of a long-lived geophysical network on the Moon

April 30, 2021

This white paper focuses on the scientific rationale for deploying a global, long-lived network of geophysical instruments on the surface of the Moon to understand the nature and evolution of the lunar interior from the crust to the core.

Publication Year 2021
Title The scientific rationale for deployment of a long-lived geophysical network on the Moon
DOI 10.3847/25c2cfeb.674dcfdf
Authors Renee Weber, Clive Neal, Robert Grimm, Matthias Grott, Nick Schmerr, Mark Wieczorek, James Williams, Bruce Banerdt, Caroline Beghein, Peter Chi, Douglas Currie, Simone Dell’Agnello, Jared Espley, Raphael Garcia, Ian Garrick-Bethell, Heidi Haviland, Stephen Indyk, Catherine Johnson, Taichi Kawamura, Sharon Kedar, Philippe Lognonne, Seiichi Nagihara, Yosio Nakamura, Ceri Nunn, Lillian Ostrach, Mark Panning, Noah Petro, Matthew Siegler, Thomas Watters, Kris Zacny, S. Bailey, Maria Banks, Donald Barker, Hannes Bernhardt, Valentin Bickel, Joshua Cahill, Jackie Clark, Dani DellaGiustina, Jesse-Lee Dimech, Andrew Dombard, Catherine Elder, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Marshall Eubanks, Kerri Donaldson Hanna, Jan Harms, Steve Hauck, Lon Hood, Jose Hurtado, Seth Jacobson, Devanshu Jha, James Keane, Amir Khan, Walter Kiefer, Martin Knapmeyer, Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun, Krishan Khurana, Juan Lorenzo, Angela Marusiak, Patrick McGovern, Laurent Montesi, Francis Nimmo, Deanna Phillips, Jacob Richardson, Charles Shearer, Krista Soderlund, Sean Solomon, Tilman Spohn, Eleonore Stutzmann, Sonia Tikoo, Slava Turyshev, Dany Waller, Ryuhei Yamada, Maria Zuber
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype Federal Government Series
Series Title Bulletin of the AAS
Index ID 70211878
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Astrogeology Science Center
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