Lobate Scarps And The Incredible Shrinking Moon

Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 15:21 in Astronomy & Space

Previously undetected landforms indicate the Moon is ... shrinking. Lobate scarps  are thrust faults that occur primarily in the Moon's lunar highlands. They were first recognized in photographs taken near the moon's equator by the panoramic cameras flown on the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions. Fourteen previously unknown lobate scarps have now been revealed in very high resolution images taken by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. The newly detected scarps indicate that the thrust faults are globally distributed and not clustered near the moon's equator. read more

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