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2:15 PM

Session Introduction

2:20 PM

Smith D. E.* Goossens S. J. Zuber M. T.

Gravitational Structure Under Major Lunar Basins [#1098]
We investigate the structure under three lunar basins contained in the Bouguer gravity and conclude that similarities are present in all three basins.

2:30 PM

Patton R. L.*

Anisotropy of Lunar Gravity and Topography [#1011]
Gravity-topography cross-statistics at spherical harmonic degrees 2, 10, 11, and 12 are effectively random, likely due to modal cross-coupling of tides.

2:40 PM

Izquierdo K.* Sori M. M. Checketts B. Hampton I. Johnson B. C. et al.

Volumes of Visible Mare and Hidden Cryptomare Basalts on the Moon from Gravity Data and Dark Halo Craters [#1116]
We find a greater volume of mare basalts on the Moon and find new locations of buried basalts than what has been proposed before.

2:50 PM

Nishiyama G.* Morota T. Namiki N. Inoue K. Sugita S.

High-Calcium Pyroxene Exposures Possibly from Ancient Magmatic Intrusions of Lunar Linear Gravity Anomalies [#1253]
To investigate compositions of magmatic intrusions of lunar linear gravity anomalies (LGAs), this work analyzes spectra and gravity around craters on LGAs.

3:00 PM

Panel Q&A

3:20 PM

Bhatt H. V.* Glotch T. D. Chauhan P. Solanki P. M.

Mineralogy Morphology and Tectonic Setting of Gardner Crater of the Moon [#2178]
Gardner crater set on Gardner volcanic shield, exposes material from shield and nearby highland area, presents prominent morphological and tectonic setting.

3:30 PM

Keerthana R.* Annadurai R. Kusuma K. N.

Spectral Reflectance Studies of Nernst Crater on Moon Using Chandrayaan-1 M3 Datasets [#1436]
Nernst crater is situated on highland terrane. Therefore it shows anorthositic dominance.

3:40 PM

Narendranath S.* Pillai N. S. Vadodariya K. Tadepalli S. Sarwade A. et al.

New Lunar Elemental Maps from Chandrayaan-2 [#2191]
Largest coverage and highest spatial resolution elemental abundance maps of the Moon from X-ray fluorescence spectrometry are generated from Chandrayaan-2.

3:50 PM

Pieters C. M.* Sunshine J. M.

Sinus Aestuum: The Pervasive Unsampled Other Lunar Spinel Lithology [#2779]
Unlike other regional lunar pyroclastic deposits, these are dominated by Fe-rich spinel, implying a distinct mantle source region. NEED samples!

4:00 PM

Panel Q&A

4:20 PM

Czajka E. A.* Retherford K. D. Kramer G. Hendrix A. Cahill J. T. S. et al.

LRO LAMP Far-Ultraviolet Observations of Aristarchus Crater [#2753]
LAMP Off/On band ratios and M3 spectra show Aristarchus’ central peak and high albedo ejecta contain shocked, possibly alkalic, plagioclase unique to the area.

4:30 PM

Henderson M. J.B.* Petro N. E.

Investigation of Orientale’s Dark Annular Ring with Moon Mineralogy Mapper and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Data [#2980]
Nice impact crater / So they put a ring on it / But how did it form?

4:40 PM

Ahrens C. J.* Lena R.

Spectral and Morphometric Properties of the Fracastorius Crater Lunar Dome [#1157]
Elongated dome / Elusive and effusive / Fracastorius.

4:50 PM

Patel S. M.* Harish N. Patel D. D. Solanki P. M. El-maarry M. R.

Mineralogy of Multiple Volcanic Episodes of Mare Orientale [#1930]
The present study aims to determine the chemical variations among the basaltic units in the Orientale Basin based on pyroxene chemistry.

5:00 PM

Panel Q&A

5:20 PM

Session Closure