Planetary Science Priorities for the Moon in the Decade 2023-2032: Lunar Science is Planetary Science
Whitepaper #209 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: habitability and water; Mercury and/or the Moon; solar system formation, dynamics processes, and chronology
by Erica Jawin
Published onMar 18, 2021
Planetary Science Priorities for the Moon in the Decade 2023-2032: Lunar Science is Planetary Science
The Moon is an ideal laboratory for the study of planetary processes that occur across the Solar System. This report outlines four big-picture questions that remain in planetary science (developed through an inclusive, community-driven process over several months), and describes how studying the Moon can address them.
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