Was the Moon Geologically Active?

David Miller
David Miller
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Hints That the Moon Is Not Quite Geologically Dead Though Have Been Around Since the Apollo Era, 50 Year's Ago. .. . Apollo Missions 12, 14, 15 and 16 Left...

Was the Moon Geologically Active?

Hints that the moon is not quite geologically dead though have been around since the Apollo era, 50 years ago. ... Apollo missions 12, 14, 15 and 16 left working "moonquake

moonquake
A moonquake is the lunar equivalent of an earthquake (i.e., a quake on the Moon). They were first discovered by the Apollo astronauts. The largest moonquakes are much weaker than the largest earthquakes, though their shaking can last for up to an hour, due to fewer attenuating factors to damp seismic vibrations.
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detectors" (seismometers) on the lunar surface.

Does the moon have geological activity?

Although there is a small amount of geological activity on the Moon, it is largely dead geologically (the energy associated with the Earth's seismic activity is about 10^14 times larger than that of the Moon). Most Lunar seismic activity appears to be triggered by tidal forces induced in the Moon by the Earth.

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Is the moon technically active?

This seismic shakemap created from NASA images shows the expected motion for a shallow "moonquake" on a thrust fault associated with the Mandel'shtam scarp on the lunar surface. ... “That means, for all intents and purposes, the moon is tectonically active,” he says.

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