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Home » Category "Selenology"

Category: Selenology

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Lunaquakes

  By LHBen May 29, 2020 October 13, 2022 Selenology

Also known as moonquakes. Or earthquakes on Luna. Whatever they are called, lunaquakes are a problem we need to understand and solve for. [This section… Continue reading

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Lunar Copper

  By LHBen April 30, 2020 April 30, 2020 Selenology

This will eventually be some interesting text about Lunar copper. Right now I just wanted to park some data and resources I found while writing… Continue reading

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Lunar Ice

  By LHBen January 14, 2019 April 22, 2020 Selenology

Luna has water. We now know this is a fact. Not a lot of water and it’s probably in forms that could be difficult to… Continue reading

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Regolith Simulants

  By LHBen May 7, 2018 August 24, 2019 Selenology

This is just a place to store my research. I’ll be working on regolith simulants just as soon as I finish defining the requirements for… Continue reading

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Iron fines

  By LHBen April 4, 2018 January 8, 2020 Selenology

Iron fines are the free metallic iron that isn’t incorporated into agglutinates, encased in glass, or deposited on the surfaces of mineral and rock particles…. Continue reading

Nanophase iron

  By LHBen March 9, 2018 January 10, 2022 Selenology

Nanophase is a term for materials with grain sizes between 1 and 100 nanometers. Nanophase iron (np-Fe0) is typically created by impact heating but can… Continue reading

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Agglutinates

  By LHBen March 5, 2018 January 8, 2020 Selenology

Agglutinates are particles composed of mineral grains, glasses, rocks, and other agglutinates that are bonded together by melted glass. Within each agglutinate are very small… Continue reading

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Troilite

  By LHBen February 27, 2018 January 8, 2020 Selenology

Troilite (FeS) is the most common sulfide mineral found in Lunar rocks. It is found in all the samples, although at less than 1% by… Continue reading

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Armalcolite

  By LHBen February 27, 2018 January 8, 2020 Selenology

Named by combining the names of the Apollo 11 astronauts (ARMstrong, Aldrin, COLlins). Armacolite was the first new mineral discovered on Luna. Armalcolite is a… Continue reading

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Spinel

  By LHBen February 27, 2018 January 8, 2020 Selenology

  Spinel, a metal oxide, is the second most abundant oxide mineral on Luna. Continue reading

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