#Moonquakes detected on the #Moon and #scientists believe they conceal something beneath its interior
#Moonquakes detected on the #Moon and #scientists believe they conceal something beneath its interior
The #Starship Human Landing System could be vulnerable to ground acceleration from nearby #moonquakes that would threaten their stability. Short-term missions, such as #Apollo, were relatively low-risk, but longer-duration projects face incrementally higher exposure https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers
The last operational #seismometer transmitted data until 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(natural_phenomenon)#Moonquake
Big lunar quakes last longer than they would on Earth https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/moonquakes-and-marsquakes/406516/
A new study shows that seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure.
U. of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions
A new paper revealed that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar landscapes at Taurus-Littrow valley, where Apollo 17 landed in 1972.
https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/nicholas-schmerr-helps-identify-moonquake-dangers
#Moon #geology #moonquake #moonquakes #science #Apollo #space
A new study shows that seismic activity on the moon could pose risk to long-term lunar infrastructure.
#PhotoOfTheDay: #Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
Analyses of seismometers left on the moon during the Apollo moon landings reveal a surprising number of moonquakes occurring within 100 kilometers of the surface.
Pictured here, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin stands beside a recently deployed lunar seismometer, looking back toward the lunar landing module.
#Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
WRITER FUEL: A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.
https://www.limfic.com/2024/05/08/writer-fuel-the-moon-shakes-a-lot-more-than-we-knew/
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The moon is much more seismically active than we realized, a new study shows. A reanalysis of abandoned data from NASA's Apollo missions has uncovered more than 22,000 previously unknown moonquakes — nearly tripling the total number of known seismic events on the moon. Moonquakes are the lunar equivalent of earthquakes, caused by movement in...
The #Moon Is Shrinking And Causing Dangerous #Moonquakes
https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/moon-quakes-artemis.html