The Contribution of Small Impact Craters to Lunar Polar Wander

• Main Authors: Smith, David E, Viswanathan, Vishnu, Mazarico, Erwan, Goossens, Sander, Head, James W, Neumann, Gregory A, Zuber, Maria T
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Astronomical Society 2023
• Subjects: South Pole; Aitken; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148217

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Changes in mass distribution affect the gravitational figure and reorient a planetary body’s surface with respect to its rotational axis. The mass anomalies in the present-day lunar gravity field can reveal how the figure and pole position...