Impact History of the Moon

Barbara A. Cohen; Carolyn H. van der Bogert; William F. Bottke; Natalie M. Curran; Caleb I. Fassett; Harald Hiesinger; Katherine H. Joy; Sara Mazrouei; Alexander Nemchin; Gregory A. Neumann; Marc D. Norman; Nicolle E. B. Zellner

doi:10.2138/rmg.2023.89.09

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Research Article| December 01, 2023

Impact History of the Moon

Barbara A. Cohen;

Barbara A. Cohen

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

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Carolyn H. van der Bogert;

Carolyn H. van der Bogert

Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms–Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany

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William F. Bottke;

William F. Bottke

Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA

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Natalie M. Curran;

Natalie M. Curran

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Catholic University of America, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771,USA

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Caleb I. Fassett;

Caleb I. Fassett

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA

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Harald Hiesinger;

Harald Hiesinger

Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms–Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany

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Katherine H. Joy;

Katherine H. Joy

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

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Sara Mazrouei;

Sara Mazrouei

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada

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Alexander Nemchin;

Alexander Nemchin

School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6102, Australia

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Gregory A. Neumann;

Gregory A. Neumann

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

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Marc D. Norman;

Marc D. Norman

Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

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Nicolle E. B. Zellner

Department of Physics, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224 USA

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Author and Article Information

Barbara A. Cohen

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Carolyn H. van der Bogert

Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms–Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany

William F. Bottke

Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA

Natalie M. Curran

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Catholic University of America, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771,USA

Caleb I. Fassett

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA

Harald Hiesinger

Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms–Universität, 48149 Münster, Germany

Katherine H. Joy

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

Sara Mazrouei

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B1, Canada

Alexander Nemchin

School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6102, Australia

Gregory A. Neumann

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Marc D. Norman

Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

Nicolle E. B. Zellner

Department of Physics, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224 USA

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Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America

First Online: 04 Dec 2023

Mineralogical Society of America

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2023) 89 (1): 373–400.

https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.09

Establishing an absolute lunar impact chronology has important ramifications for understanding the early structure of the Solar System, to understand the evolution of both the dynamics and composition of the bodies. Our existing understanding of inner Solar System chronology is anchored to the crater density and analogy with impact flux rates on the Moon. The topic of lunar impact history has been the subject of numerous reviews (e.g., Hartmann et al. 2000; Ryder et al. 2000; Stöffler et al. 2006; Chapman et al. 2007; Fassett and Minton 2013; Bottke and Norman 2017; Zellner 2017...

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