Japan’s Selene returns gravity, topographic maps of the moon

TOKYO - New data acquired by Japan’s Selene lunar orbiter show a clear difference between gravity-anomaly maps of craters situated on the near and far sides of the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released two gravity anomaly maps of Mare Serenitatis (near side) and the Apollo...

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