Planetary scientists may soon have a better yardstick for measuring the evolution of the Moon, following a new study that fills in gaps in the record of meteor impacts on the Moon.
A team of Chinese scientists used data from Chang’e-5 lander, China’s first lunar sample return mission, to fill in gaps in the lunar geologic record and update the chronological models scientists use to study the Moon’s evolution that previously relied on Apollo and other 1970s era sample missions. The study was published Monday in a letter in the journal Nature Astronomy.
