Title
The Effect of Pre-Impact Topography on Ray Production for Lunar Copernican Craters: Audio Commentary
Document Type
Paper- Restricted to Campus Access
Publication Date
4-21-2020
Faculty Mentor
Kassandra Martin-Wells
Abstract
Investigations of lunar crater rays have revealed key insights not only into the formation and preservation of rays themselves, but also the role that rays play in distributing and mixing primary ejecta with local material [e.g., 1-6]. As such, an understanding of lunar rays is essential to understanding the evolution of the surface not only of the Moon, but other airless bodies. Sabuwala et al. [2018] determined a relationship between the topography of pre-impact surfaces in granular cratering experiments and the number of rays of the resulting craters [7]. In this work, we investigate the extent to which this trend is measurable in actual lunar impact craters.
Recommended Citation
Partee, Janice, "The Effect of Pre-Impact Topography on Ray Production for Lunar Copernican Craters: Audio Commentary" (2020). Physics and Astronomy Presentations. 2.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/physics_astro_pres/2
Restricted
Available to Ursinus community only.
Comments
Presented as part of the Ursinus College Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA) held April 23 – April 30, 2020.
The downloadable file is an audio commentary with a run time of 13:51. The accompanying research poster is available here.