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Olivine-norite rock detected by the lunar rover Yutu-2 likely crystallized from the SPA-impact melt pool | |
Alternative Title | WOS:000537524500011;20202608877341 |
Lin, Honglei; He, Zhiping1; Yang, Wei; Lin, Yangting; Xu, Rui1; Zhang, Chi; Zhu, Meng-Hua; Chang, Rui; Zhang, Jin-Hai; Li, Chunlai1; Lin, Hongyu3; Liu, Yang4; Gou, Sheng5; Wei, Yong; Hu, Sen; Xue, Changbin6; Yang, Jianfeng7; Zhong, Jie8; Fu, Xiaohui9; Wan, Weixing; Zou, Yongliao | |
Source Publication | NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
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2020 | |
Volume | 7Issue:5Pages:913-920 |
DOI | 10.1093/nsr/nwz183 |
ISSN | 2095-5138 |
Language | 英语 |
Keyword | impact basin lunar interior composition visible and near-infrared spectra lunar rover Yutu-2 Chang'E-4 mission POLE-AITKEN BASIN CHANGE-4 LANDING SITE IMAGING SPECTROMETER PHOTOMETRIC CORRECTION SURFACE DIFFERENTIATION IDENTIFICATION MINERALOGY PYROXENES SPECTRA |
Abstract | Chang'E-4 landed in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, providing a unique chance to probe the composition of the lunar interior. Its landing site is located on ejecta strips in Von Karman crater that possibly originate from the neighboring Finsen crater. A surface rock and the lunar regolith at 10 sites along the rover Yutu-2 track were measured by the onboard Visible and Near-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer in the first three lunar days of mission operations. In situ spectra of the regolith have peak band positions at 1 and 2 mu m, similar to the spectral data of Finsen ejecta from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, which confirms that the regolith's composition of the landing area is mostly similar to that of Finsen ejecta. The rock spectrum shows similar band peak positions, but stronger absorptions, suggesting relatively fresh exposure. The rock may consist of 38.1 +/- 5.4% low-Ca pyroxene, 13.9 +/- 5.1% olivine and 48.0 +/- 3.1% plagioclase, referred to as olivine-norite. The plagioclase-abundant and olivine-poor modal composition of the rock is inconsistent with the origin of the mantle, but representative of the lunar lower crust. Alternatively, the rock crystallized from the impact-derived melt pool formed by the SPA-impact event via mixing the lunar crust and mantle materials. This scenario is consistent with fast-cooling thermal conditions of a shallow melt pool, indicated by the fine to medium-sized texture (<3 mm) of the rock and the SPA-impact melting model [Icarus 2012; 220: 730-43]. |
Indexed By | SCI ; EI |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/7693 |
Collection | 中国科学院国家空间科学中心 |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Earth & Planetary Phys, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Tech Phys, Key Lab Space Act Optoelect Technol, Shanghai 200083, Peoples R China 3.Macau Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Lunar & Planetary Sci, Macau, Peoples R China 4.Beijing Inst Space Mech & Elect, Beijing 100076, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Digital Earth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, Key Lab Elect & Informat Technol Space Syst, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Xian Inst Opt & Precis Mech, Xian 710119, Peoples R China 9.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Opt & Elect, Chengdu 610209, Peoples R China 10.Shandong Univ, Inst Space Sci, Shandong Prov Ke Lab Opt Astron & Solar Terr Envi, Weihai 264209, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lin, Honglei,He, Zhiping,Yang, Wei,et al. Olivine-norite rock detected by the lunar rover Yutu-2 likely crystallized from the SPA-impact melt pool[J]. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,2020,7(5):913-920. |
APA | Lin, Honglei.,He, Zhiping.,Yang, Wei.,Lin, Yangting.,Xu, Rui.,...&Zou, Yongliao.(2020).Olivine-norite rock detected by the lunar rover Yutu-2 likely crystallized from the SPA-impact melt pool.NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,7(5),913-920. |
MLA | Lin, Honglei,et al."Olivine-norite rock detected by the lunar rover Yutu-2 likely crystallized from the SPA-impact melt pool".NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 7.5(2020):913-920. |
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