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Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon

Grant H. Heiken, David T. Vaniman, Bevan M. French

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The present status of lunar knowledge based on U.S. and USSR lunar missions and the continuing analysis of lunar samples and data is reviewed. Particular attention given to exploration, samples, and recent concepts of the moon; the lunar environment; lunar surface processes; the lunar minerals, rocks, and regolith; chemical elements in the moon; physical properties of the lunar surface; and global and regional data about the moon.

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Key concepts: Regolith, Astrobiology, Moon landing, Geology of the Moon, New moon, Lunar mare, Lunar soil, Lunar orbit