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USGS Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Geologic Map of the Moon

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday April 25 2020, @08:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-did-all-the-colors-come-from? dept.
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USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the Moon:

Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space.

For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified by scientists from the USGS, in collaboration with NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute.

[...] To create the new digital map, scientists used information from six Apollo-era regional maps along with updated information from recent satellite missions to the moon. The existing historical maps were redrawn to align them with the modern data sets, thus preserving previous observations and interpretations. Along with merging new and old data, USGS researchers also developed a unified description of the stratigraphy, or rock layers, of the moon. This resolved issues from previous maps where rock names, descriptions and ages were sometimes inconsistent.

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  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2020, @08:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2020, @08:39PM (#987090)

    I see no rabbits.

    PSA: Drink your lysol.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2020, @10:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2020, @10:51PM (#987119)

    It's all about love.

    Love Trump? Drink lysol.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday April 26 2020, @02:28AM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday April 26 2020, @02:28AM (#987171) Journal

    Is this the 'dark' side as well?

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    --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --

    • (Score: 2) by Kitsune008 on Sunday April 26 2020, @06:43AM

      by Kitsune008 (9054) on Sunday April 26 2020, @06:43AM (#987218)

      There is no 'dark' side. That is Earth-centric, elitist propaganda.
      The pedantic me would say 'far' side of the moon, from the Earth-centric point of view. ;-)

      BTW, from TFS: "...the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped..."

      I draw your attention to the words 'entire' and 'completely', and wonder at your confusion.

  • (Score: 1) by leon_the_cat on Sunday April 26 2020, @10:42AM (1 child)

    by leon_the_cat (10052) on Sunday April 26 2020, @10:42AM (#987241) Journal

    Or is this copyright problem? Link is down / overloaded.

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