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Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon
Geological maps – almost four dozen of them – position Lunar to change its readers’ understanding of the realities of the moon. They are part of the Lunar Atlas produced by NASA and the ...
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First detailed map of moon’s south pole area made from Chandrayaan data
Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...
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China’s ‘exemplary’ new lunar atlas is first moon surface update since Apollo-era programme
As well as the geological history of the moon, the map provides information on its 14 types of structures and 17 types of rocks, with labels for 12,341 craters and 81 impact basins. The CAS said ...