Planets and Moons ID: 10631

NASA's LRO Reveals "Incredible Shrinking Moon"

Released on August 19, 2010

Newly discovered cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today, according to a team analyzing new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The results provide important clues to the moon's recent geologic and tectonic evolution.

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Credits

Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Video Editor
Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space): Interviewee
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Narrator
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space): Scientist
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Videographer
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Writer

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Mission:
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)

This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
LRO - Edited Features

Goddard TV Tape:
G2010-102 -- Shrinking Moon VF

Keywords:
DLESE >> Geology
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Lunar
SVS >> Moon
DLESE >> Structural geology
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Tectonics
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Tectonics >> Core Processes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Solid Earth >> Tectonics >> Faults
SVS >> LRO
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> LROC
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0