The onset of the lunar cataclysm as recorded in its ancient crater populations

2012/02/22 by S. Marchi, Simone Marchi, William F. Bottke +4 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Planetary Science and Exploration #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.021

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Citations

• The geologic history of the Moon
• The Yarkovsky-driven origin of near-Earth asteroids
• Mass flux in the ancient Earth‐Moon system and benign implications for the origin of life on Earth
• Origin of the cataclysmic Late Heavy Bombardment period of the terrestrial planets
• Can planetesimals left over from terrestrial planet formation produce the lunar Late Heavy Bombardment?
• Linking the collisional history of the main asteroid belt to its dynamical excitation and depletion
• Possible long-term decline in impact rates

Cited by

• High-velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in asteroidal meteorites
• Modeling the Historical Flux of Planetary Impactors
• Late Heavy Bombardment [wikipedia]