Antonio Genova, Flavio Petricca,
... E., “The Lunar Gravity Ranging System for the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission,” Space Science Reviews, Vol. 178, No. ... M. T., “The Scientific Measurement System of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission,” GRAIL: Mapping the Moon’s Interior, ... N., “Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission,” Science, Vol. 339, No. 6120, 2013, ... Fujii K. K., “Mission Design Overview for the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission,” Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AIAA/AAS, Toronto, ...
Tópico(s): Planetary Science and Exploration
2021 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith, David H. Lehman, Tom Hoffman, S. W. Asmar, M. M. Watkins,
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) is a spacecraft-to-spacecraft tracking mission that was developed to map the structure of the lunar interior by producing a detailed map of the gravity field. The resulting model of the interior will be used to address outstanding questions regarding the Moon's ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2013 - Springer Science+Business Media | Space Science Reviews
M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith, M. M. Watkins, S. W. Asmar, Alexander S. Konopliv, F. G. Lemoine, H. J. Melosh, G. A. Neumann, Roger J. Phillips, Sean C. Solomon, M. A. Wieczorek, J. G. Williams, Sander Goossens, Gerhard Kruizinga, E. Mazarico, Ryan S. Park, Dah‐Ning Yuan,
Spacecraft-to-spacecraft tracking observations from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) have been used to construct a gravitational field of the Moon to spherical harmonic degree and order 420. The GRAIL field reveals ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2012 - American Association for the Advancement of Science | Science
G. J. Taylor, M. A. Wieczorek,
... lunar highlands crust based on data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission, allow us to reassess the abundances of ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2014 - Royal Society | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
S. W. Asmar, Alexander S. Konopliv, M. M. Watkins, J. G. Williams, Ryan S. Park, Gerhard Kruizinga, Meegyeong Paik, Dah‐Ning Yuan, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Dmitry Strekalov, Nate Harvey, Wenwen Lu, Daniel Kahan, Kamal Oudrhiri, David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber,
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to the Moon utilized an integrated scientific measurement system comprised of flight, ground, mission, and ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2013 - Springer Science+Business Media | Space Science Reviews
G. A. Neumann, M. T. Zuber, M. A. Wieczorek, J. W. Head, D. M. H. Baker, Sean C. Solomon, David Eugene Smith, F. G. Lemoine, E. Mazarico, Terence J. Sabaka, Sander Goossens, H. J. Melosh, R. J. Phillips, S. W. Asmar, Alexander S. Konopliv, J. G. Williams, Michael M. Sori, J. M. Soderblom, Katarina Miljković, J. C. Andrews‐Hanna, F. Nimmo, W. S. Kiefer,
Observations from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission indicate a marked change in the gravitational signature of lunar impact structures at the morphological transition, with ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2015 - American Association for the Advancement of Science | Science Advances
M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith, G. A. Neumann, Sander Goossens, J. C. Andrews‐Hanna, J. W. Head, W. S. Kiefer, S. W. Asmar, Alexander S. Konopliv, F. G. Lemoine, I. Matsuyama, H. J. Melosh, P. J. McGovern, F. Nimmo, R. J. Phillips, Sean C. Solomon, G. J. Taylor, M. M. Watkins, M. A. Wieczorek, J. G. Williams, J. C. Jansen, Brandon Johnson, J. T. Keane, E. Mazarico, Katarina Miljković, Ryan S. Park, J. M. Soderblom, Dah‐Ning Yuan,
... the solar system. Zuber et al. used the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to map the gravitational field around ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2016 - American Association for the Advancement of Science | Science
Ross W. K. Potter, J. W. Head, Dijun Guo, Jianzhong Liu, Long Xiao,
... assess the SPA substructure and lateral heterogeneity. Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory gravity data suggest an average crustal thickness on the ...
Tópico(s): Space Exploration and Technology
2018 - Elsevier BV | Icarus
Qing Liang, Chao Chen, Yaoguo Li,
... of lunar Bouguer gravity anomaly derived from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) gravity field and obtain a lunar 3‐D density ...
Tópico(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
2014 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Michael M. Sori, M. T. Zuber, J. W. Head, W. S. Kiefer,
... deposits by lateral emplacement of ejecta. We use Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) gravity and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) topography data ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2016 - Elsevier BV | Icarus
Daniel E. Wahl, M. A. Wieczorek, K. Wünnemann, J. Oberst,
... highland crust are mapped using a high‐resolution Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) gravity field model and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) derived ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2020 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Daniel Arnold, S. Bertone, Adrian Jäggi, Gerhard Beutler, Leoš Mervart,
The NASA mission GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) inherited its concept from the GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission to determine the gravity field of the Moon. We present lunar gravity fields based on the data of GRAIL' ...
Tópico(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
2015 - Elsevier BV | Icarus
... fractured and porous than deeper crustal bedrock, and Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission gravity data have shown that deeper crustal bedrock is ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2019 - Elsevier BV | Planetary and Space Science
Wei Zheng, Houtse Hsu, Min Zhong, Meijuan Yun, Xuhua Zhou, Bibo Peng,
... significance to the successful execution of the future Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar satellite gravity exploration mission.
Tópico(s): Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
2010 - Wiley | Chinese Journal of Geophysics
Natsuki Sawada, Tomokatsu Morota, Shinsuke Kato, Yoshiaki Ishihara, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu,
Abstract Gravity data obtained from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory have revealed linear gravity anomalies (LGAs) formed by the early global expansion of the Moon and subsequent magma intrusion. In this study, using Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter ...
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
2016 - American Geophysical Union | Geophysical Research Letters
Katarina Miljković, G. S. Collins, M. A. Wieczorek, Brandon Johnson, J. M. Soderblom, G. A. Neumann, M. T. Zuber,
... produced at least several tens of basins. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission mapped the gravity field of these impact structures at significantly higher ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2016 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Sander Goossens, Álvaro Fernández Mora, E. R. Heijkoop, Terence J. Sabaka,
... determine local gravity fields for the Moon using Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) data. We express gravity as gridded gravity anomalies on a sphere, and ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2021 - American Geophysical Union | Earth and Space Science
Ryan S. Park, S. W. Asmar, Eugene G. Fahnestock, A. S. Konopliv, Wenwen Lu, M. M. Watkins,
Covers advancements in spacecraft and tactical and strategic missile systems, including subsystem design and application, mission design and analysis, materials and structures, developments in space sciences, space processing and manufacturing, space operations, and applications of space technologies to other fields.
Tópico(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
2012 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
J. G. Williams, Alexander S. Konopliv, D. H. Boggs, Ryan S. Park, Dah‐Ning Yuan, F. G. Lemoine, Sander Goossens, E. Mazarico, F. Nimmo, R. C. Weber, S. W. Asmar, H. J. Melosh, G. A. Neumann, R. J. Phillips, David E. Smith, Sean C. Solomon, M. M. Watkins, M. A. Wieczorek, J. C. Andrews‐Hanna, J. W. Head, W. S. Kiefer, I. Matsuyama, P. J. McGovern, G. J. Taylor, M. T. Zuber,
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has sampled lunar gravity with unprecedented accuracy and resolution.The lunar GM, the product of the gravitational constant G and the mass ...
Tópico(s): Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
2014 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
A. S. Konopliv, Ryan S. Park, Dah‐Ning Yuan, S. W. Asmar, M. M. Watkins, J. G. Williams, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Gerhard Kruizinga, Meegyeong Paik, Dmitry Strekalov, Nate Harvey, David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber,
... interior structure of the Moon. Prior to the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, knowledge of the lunar gravity was limited mostly to the nearside of the ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2013 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Harald Wirnsberger, Sandro Krauß, Torsten Mayer‐Gürr,
The twin satellite mission Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) aims to recover the lunar gravity field by means of Ka-band ranging observations. In order to exploit the potential of the inter-satellite range variations, absolute ...
Tópico(s): Geophysics and
2018 - Elsevier BV | Icarus
Shin‐Chan Han, N. C. Schmerr, G. A. Neumann, S. A. Holmes,
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission is providing unprecedentedly high-resolution gravity data. The gravity signal in relation to topography decreases from 100 km to 30 km wavelength, equivalent to ...
Tópico(s): Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
2014 - American Geophysical Union | Geophysical Research Letters
A. S. Konopliv, Ryan S. Park, Dah‐Ning Yuan, S. W. Asmar, M. M. Watkins, J. G. Williams, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Gerhard Kruizinga, Meegyeong Paik, Dmitry Strekalov, Nate Harvey, David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber,
... been dramatically improved as a result of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. From the Primary Mission, previous harmonic gravity fields resulted in an average n = 420 surface ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2014 - American Geophysical Union | Geophysical Research Letters
... of intersatellite range‐acceleration measurements available from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL). The precise orbit data are crucial for retrieving gravity difference from range acceleration and aligning the LOS ...
Tópico(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
2013 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
D. M. H. Baker, J. W. Head, R. J. Phillips, G. A. Neumann, C. J. Bierson, David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber,
High-resolution gravity data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission provide the opportunity to analyze the detailed gravity and crustal structure of impact features in the morphological transition from complex craters to peak-ring basins on the Moon. We calculate average ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2017 - Elsevier BV | Icarus
C. J. Bierson, R. J. Phillips, F. Nimmo, J. Besserer, C. Milbury, J. T. Keane, J. M. Soderblom, M. T. Zuber,
... has been derived from data acquired by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. Soderblom et al. (2015) showed that crater Bouguer gravity anomalies scale with crater diameter and porosity for ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2016 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
J. C. Andrews‐Hanna, S. W. Asmar, J. W. Head, W. S. Kiefer, Alexander S. Konopliv, F. G. Lemoine, I. Matsuyama, E. Mazarico, P. J. McGovern, H. J. Melosh, G. A. Neumann, F. Nimmo, R. J. Phillips, David E. Smith, Sean C. Solomon, G. J. Taylor, M. A. Wieczorek, J. G. Williams, M. T. Zuber,
... Application of gravity gradiometry to observations by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission results in the identification of a population of linear gravity anomalies with lengths of hundreds of kilometers. Inversion ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2012 - American Association for the Advancement of Science | Science
J. C. Jansen, J. C. Andrews‐Hanna, Y. Li, P. G. Lucey, G. J. Taylor, Sander Goossens, F. G. Lemoine, E. Mazarico, J. W. Head, C. Milbury, W. S. Kiefer, J. M. Soderblom, M. T. Zuber,
Data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission have revealed that ∼98% of the power of the gravity signal of the Moon at high spherical harmonic degrees correlates with the topography. The remaining 2% of the signal, which ...
Tópico(s): Astro and Planetary Science
2017 - Elsevier BV | Icarus
F. G. Lemoine, Sander Goossens, Terence J. Sabaka, J. B. Nicholas, E. Mazarico, D. D. Rowlands, Bryant Loomis, D. S. Chinn, D. S. Caprette, G. A. Neumann, David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber,
... and Deep Space Network (DSN) data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) primary mission (1 March to 29 May 2012) to derive gravity models of the Moon to degree 420, 540, ...
Tópico(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
2013 - Wiley | Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
H. J. Melosh, A. M. Freed, Brandon Johnson, D. M. Blair, J. C. Andrews‐Hanna, G. A. Neumann, R. J. Phillips, David E. Smith, Sean C. Solomon, M. A. Wieczorek, M. T. Zuber,
High-resolution gravity data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft have clarified the origin of lunar mass concentrations (mascons). Free-air gravity anomalies over lunar impact basins display bull's-eye patterns consisting of a central positive (mascon) anomaly, a surrounding negative collar, and a ...
Tópico(s): Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
2013 - American Association for the Advancement of Science | Science