期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (7)
In December 2020, China's Chang'E-5 (CE-5) spacecraft successfully collected 1.731 kg samples from Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon's nearside, becomin......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (8)
Shock recovery experiments were conducted using ALH-78084 H3 and Y-793375 L3 chondrites in the shock pressure range of 11-43 GPa to reproduce shock-in......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (8)
Ring-moat dome structures (RMDSs) are small circular mounds of diameter typically about 200 m and similar to 3-4 m in height, surrounded by narrow, sh......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (4)
Based on the measurements from Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument onboard the Cassini spacecraft over 13 years, we perform a statistical analysi......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (8)
Pure metallic iron is a common component in extraterrestrial samples (e.g., ordinary chondrite, returned lunar samples), and is thought to be an indic......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (8)
The flexure of the lithosphere under stresses imposed by the geologically young south polar cap is one of the few clues we have regarding the south po......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (5)
The lunar mascon basins are characterized by high gravity anomalies and thin crust. Study of the density structure beneath the mascon basins can help ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (8)
Magnetic field measurements show that Mars possesses strong crustal magnetic anomalies that formed when the planet had an active dynamo. To investigat......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (3)
During the exploration traverse of the Von Karman crater on the lunar farside, the Yutu-2 rover, part of China's Chang'e-4 mission, come across rock f......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (8)
Protecting astronauts from the effects of space radiation remains one major stepping stone for the exploration of Mars. Long-term exposure to radiatio......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (4)
Interactions among the thermal tide, airborne dust, and water ice clouds significantly influence the Martian atmosphere. The absence of a stratosphere......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (7)
Almost no in situ seismic data are available for Venus; therefore, we can constrain the deep structure of this planet only from the geodetic data obta......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (5)
The Chang'E-5 (CE-5) mission returned a total of 1,731 g of lunar regolith from the northern Oceanus Procellarum (NOP). Despite that the CE-5 landing ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (6)
The complex thermal history of the Moon leads to an unequal distribution of volcanic products between the lunar nearside and the farside. So far, no l......
期刊: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 2021; 126 (1)
The first human missions on Mars will likely involve several astrobiology-driven science operations, at sites with high biosignature preservation pote......