P44B:
The Dynamic Moon: Insights from Apollo Through the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter II
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Session ID#: 32357
Session Description:
The Moon has been a witness plate for planetary processes at 1 AU since its formation. Recent analyses using samples from Apollo missions, as well as data from a host of lunar orbital missions, both new and old, provides a fresh view into the processes that shape the Moon over timescales ranging from millions of years to contemporary changes we observe today. This session will highlight the diversity of current research that is revealing the dynamic history of Earth’s partner in space: topics including the importance of lunar volatiles, the Moon’s complicated geologic history shaped by volcanism and impact bombardment, and the ways in which the Moon’s uppermost surface is still evolving, all with profound implications for our understanding of other planetary bodies.
Primary Convener: Brett W Denevi, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners: Noah E Petro, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Nicolle Zellner, Albion College, Physics, Albion, United States and Benjamin T Greenhagen, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Chairs: Noah E Petro, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States and Benjamin T Greenhagen, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison: Noah E Petro, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Harrison H Schmitt, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Engineering Physics, Madison, WI, United States and Noah E Petro, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
David T Blewett1, Brett W Denevi2, Joshua T Cahill3 and Rachel L Klima2, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)JHU Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, United States, (3)JHU/APL, Laurel, United States
Lauren M Jozwiak, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and David T Blewett, JHU Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, United States
Rebecca R Ghent1, Christian Tai Udovicic2, Sara Mazrouei2 and William F Bottke Jr3, (1)University of Toronto, Earth Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States
Jack William Conrad, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, Francis Nimmo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States, Gregory A Neumann, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, Greenbelt, United States, Shunichi Kamata, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan and Caleb Fassett, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States
Menelaos Sarantos1, Dona Chathuni Piumika Kuruppuaratchi2, Petr Pokorny3, Sarena Danielle Robertson2, Edward Williams4, Ronald J Oliversen5, Edwin J Mierkiewicz2 and Diego Janches1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (3)Catholic University of America, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington, DC, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Prabal Saxena1, Rosemary M Killen2, Noah E Petro3, Vladimir Airapetian4 and Avi Mandell1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (4)SEEC/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & American University, DC, SEEC, Greenbelt, United States
Seiichi Nagihara1, Walter S. Kiefer2, Patrick T Taylor3, David Williams4, Yosio Nakamura5 and Jason W Krell1, (1)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (2)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 61A, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NSSDCA, Code 690.1, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States
Renee C Weber, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States, Jesse-Lee Dimech, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Deanna Phillips, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Jamie Molaro, Planetary Science Institute, Pasadena, CA, United States and Nicholas C Schmerr, University of Maryland, Department of Geology, College Park, United States
Rachel L Klima1, Jordan Bretzfelder2, Debra Buczkowski3, Carolyn M Ernst1, Benjamin T Greenhagen4, Noah E Petro5 and Morgan L Shusterman3, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (2)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
Sarah Crites1,2, Paul G Lucey3, Jeffrey Taylor4, Linda Martel5, Lingzhi Sun3, Casey Honniball4 and Myriam Lemelin6, (1)ISAS Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan, (2)JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan, (3)Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, United States, (4)Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)York University, Department of Earth and Space Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada
