The Moon's Near Side Megabasin and Far Side Bulge

By Charles J. Byrne

Foreword.- Chapter 1: The asymmetric nature of the Moon - differences between the near and far sides.- Chapter 2: Impact dynamics from craters to ringed basins to giant basins.- Chapter 3: A model of large lunar impact cavities and their external ejecta.- Chapter 4: The search for ancient impacts.- Chapter 5: The Near Side Megabasin.- Chapter 6: Age of the Near Side Megabasin.- Chapter 7: The far side megabasin (the South Pole - Aitken Basin).- Chapter 8: A dynamic model of the history of the Moon.- Chapter 9: Implications to the surface mineral distribution and thermal history of the Moon.- Chapter 10: Alternate explanations for the shape of the Moon.- Chapter 11: The need for ground truth of the far side of the Moon.- Chapter 12: Summary.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461469481
• ISBN13: 9781461469483
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"