Formation age of the lunar crater Giordano Bruno

T. MOROTA, J. HARUYAMA, H. MIYAMOTO, C. HONDA, M. OHTAKE, Y. YOKOTA, T. MATSUNAGA, N. HIRATA, H. DEMURA, H. TAKEDA, Y. OGAWA, J. KIMURA

Abstract


Using the Terrain Camera onboard the Japanese lunar explorer, SELENE (Kaguya), we obtained new high-resolution images of the 22-kilometer-diameter lunar crater Giordano Bruno. Based on crater size-frequency measurements of small craters (<200 m in diameter) superposed on its continuous ejecta, the formation age of Giordano Bruno is estimated to be 1 to 10 Ma. This is constructive evidence against the craters medieval age formation hypothesis.

Keywords


Chronology;Lunar crater(s);Moon

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