Earth-based radar data reveal extended deposits of the Moon's Orientale basin

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Ghent, Rebecca R., Campbell, Bruce A., Hawke, B. Ray, Campbell, Donald B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10088/6363; https://doi.org/10.1130/G24325A.1

We present new Earth-based radar observations of ejecta associated with the lunar Orientale impact basin. We can distinguish (1) a block-poor ejecta facies composing a concentric halo of mantling material 10 m or greater in thickness that extends more than 1000 km from the basin center, and (2) a me...