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Articles tagged: basaltic plains

  • basaltic plains, Lunar atmosphere, maria, Moon, volcanic activity 06 October 2017 Volcanic activity gave the early Moon an atmosphere

    ... of the lunar surface. These patches are large basaltic plains known as maria, and they are similar in composition ... total amount of H2O released during the emplacement of the mare basalts is nearly twice the volume of water in Lake Tahoe. Although...

    • basaltic plains
    • Lunar atmosphere
    • maria
    • Moon
    • volcanic activity
  • 23 December 2015 First new 'ground truth' in 40 years as Chinese rover Yuto presents analysis of moon rocks

    ...moon’s make-up, Chang’e-3 touched down on a smooth flood basalt plain, next to the Zi Wei crater, a fresh impact ... magma oceans first solidified. Titanium, like other minerals found in basaltic magma, crystallise as the magma cools and they do so in...

  • Chang'e 5, meteorite impact, Moon formation, volcanic activity, volcanic beads 27 September 2021 Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials

    ... lava; more than 90 percent of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt. Mare basalts are thought to have formed in the same way and they can be seen as huge, dark, basaltic plains on the nearside of the Moon. But says Qian, ten...

    • Chang'e 5
    • meteorite impact
    • Moon formation
    • volcanic activity
    • volcanic beads
  • Chang'e 3, Chang'e 4, far side of the Moon, South Pole-Aitken basin, Von Kármán crater 10 December 2018 First far side of the Moon mission underway

    ...side that is dominated by huge lunar mares – large, dark basaltic plains, that were initially mistaken for seas by early lunar observers. ... magmas to erupt on the surface, limiting the amount basalts available to create the maria. Why is the farside ...

    • Chang'e 3
    • Chang'e 4
    • far side of the Moon
    • South Pole-Aitken basin
    • Von Kármán crater
  • 03 March 2025 Blue Ghost lander operations underway on lunar surface

    ... commercial space company to land on the Moon after its robotic craft touched down at 0834 UTC on a dark basaltic plain called the Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises) near a solitary lunar mountain called Mons Latreille. Blue Ghost...

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