TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN
Online ISSN : 1884-0485
ISSN-L : 1884-0485
k) Solar System Exploration and Scientific Research
Structure of the South Pole-Aitken Basin from KAGUYA Selenodesy Data
Sho SASAKIYoshiaki ISHIHARASander GOOSSENSHiroshi ARAKIKoji MATSUMOTOHideo HANADAMakiko OHTAKE
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2012 年 10 巻 ists28 号 p. Tk_41-Tk_43

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The South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA) is the largest (2500km in diameter), deepest and presumably oldest impact basin in the solar system. SPA was characterized by an ellipse with axes 2400 by 2050 km, but more precise topography and gravity data are necessary to discuss the structure of large basin like SPA. We use localized representation of gravity potential where Slepian functions were used to estimate the gravity field over certain areas of the Moon and a spherical cap area with a radius of 40 degree from the SPA center. The direction of an ellipse denoting the depression is found to be similar to the previous result. The region with the thinnest crust is offset southward from the center of SPA. We analyzed interior structure of small basins in and around SPA. We interpret that a positive gravity anomaly corresponds to a Moho uplift. Just around the rim of SPA, a distinct Moho uplift beneath Schrödinger corresponds to the presence of olivine and obscure circular structure Amundsen-Ganswindt has a significant Moho uplift, suggesting a buried impact structure.
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