Nature of the lunar far-side samples returned by the Chang'E-6 mission
Chinese Academy of Sciences · National Astronomical Observatories · +3 more institutions
Abstract
ABSTRACT The Chang'E-6 (CE-6) mission successfully achieved return of the first samples from the far side of the Moon. The sampling site of CE-6 is located in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin—the largest, deepest and oldest impact basin on the Moon. The 1935.3 g of CE-6 lunar samples exhibit distinct characteristics compared with previous lunar samples. This study analyses the physical, mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical properties of CE-6 lunar scooped samples. The CE-6 soil has a significantly lower bulk density (0.983 g/cm3) and true density (3.035 g/cm3) than the Chang'E-5 (CE-5) samples. The grain size of the CE-6 soil exhibits a bimodal distribution, indicating a mixture of different…
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Authors
19- CLChunlai LiCorresponding
Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Astronomical Observatories
- HHHao Hu
Space Engineering University
- MYMengfei Yang
China Academy of Space Technology
- JLJianjun Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Astronomical Observatories
- QZQin Zhou
Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Astronomical Observatories
Topics & keywords
- Astrobiology
- Geology
- Physics