MoonShake: A Future Lunar Seismic Network Delivered by Penetrators
Whitepaper #219 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: interior evolution and volcanism; Mercury and/or the Moon; solar system formation, dynamics processes, and chronology
by Ceri Nunn, S. B. Calcutt, P. E. Clark, T. M. Eubanks, S. Kedar, M. P. Panning, W. T. Pike, C. F. Radley, I. M. Standley, B. M. Sutin, and W. F. Zimmerman
Published onMar 18, 2021
MoonShake: A Future Lunar Seismic Network Delivered by Penetrators
The proposed mission would bury seismometers on the Moon using penetrators deployed directly from a small spacecraft or from a descending lander. This paper identifies the most compelling questions in lunar science.
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