Olivine-norite rock detected by the lunar rover Yutu-2 likely crystallized from the SPA-impact melt pool

Chang'E-4 landed in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, providing a unique chance to probe the composition of the lunar interior. Its landing site is located on ejecta strips in Von Karman crater that possibly originate from the neighboring Finsen crater. A surface rock and the lunar regolith at...

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Published in:National Science Review
Main Authors: Lin, Honglei, He, Zhiping, Yang, Wei, Lin, Yangting, Xu, Rui, Zhang, Chi, Zhu, Meng-Hua, Chang, Rui, Zhang, Jin-Hai, Li, Chunlai, Lin, Hongyu, Liu, Yang, Gou, Sheng, Wei, Yong, Hu, Sen, Xue, Changbin, Yang, Jianfeng, Zhong, Jie, Fu, Xiaohui, Wan, Weixing, Zou, Yongliao
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
impact basin
lunar interior composition
visible and near-infrared spectra
lunar rover Yutu-2
Chang'E-4 mission
POLE-AITKEN BASIN
CHANGE-4 LANDING SITE
IMAGING SPECTROMETER
PHOTOMETRIC CORRECTION
SURFACE
DIFFERENTIATION
IDENTIFICATION
MINERALOGY
PYROXENES
SPECTRA
South Pole
Aitken
The Landing
South pole
Online Access:http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/7693
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz183

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