Formation of the Lunar Fossil Bulges and Its Implication for the Early Earth and Moon

Abstract First recognized by Laplace over two centuries ago, the Moon's present tidal‐rotational bulges are significantly larger than hydrostatic predictions. They are likely relics of a former hydrostatic state when the Moon was closer to the Earth and had larger bulges, and they were establis...

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Main Authors: Chuan Qin, Shijie Zhong, Roger Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076278
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