A new study released by NASA shows that the contraction of the Moon's interior causes moonquakes and faults near the Moon's South Pole, which could affect future lunar exploration activities.
On August 23, 2023, in Bangalore, India, a large screen** live broadcast of the Indian lunar probe. Hair.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), launched in 2009, is using a variety of instruments to map the lunar surface. According to the study, which has been published in the American Journal of Planetary Science, based on data collected by the LRO, researchers found that as the moon's core gradually cools and other factors, the moon's surface is wrinkled, like grapes shrinking into raisins, which can produce moonquakes and landslides that can last for hours. The south pole region of the moon is prone to such moonquakes, which may pose a threat to future lunar exploration activities and lunar exploration equipment.
Tom Waters of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., who led the study, said the model suggests that shallow moonquakes that produce strong ground tremors in the south pole region of the moon could come from slip events on existing faults or the formation of new thrust faults. This factor should be taken into account when planning the location and stability of permanent outposts on the Moon in the future.
The data obtained by the institute can help scientists better understand this important region of the moon, which is believed to be the presence of ice near the moon's south pole, which is the focus of human exploration of the moon.