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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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076278 |
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