LPL Newsletter

November 1, 2024
LPL Evening Lecture
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
7:00p.m. (Arizona)
Lecture is free and open to the public.
 

What's Shaking on the Moon?
What we can learn from earthquakes on the Moon


Dr. Angela Marusiak
Assistant Research Professor


Over 50 years ago, Apollo astronauts installed the first extraterrestrial seismometers on the lunar surface. These instruments recorded thousands of moonquakes (earthquakes on the Moon). Now, we’re heading back to Moon with modern seismometers as part of the Artemis missions. Here I discuss what we learned from Apollo, what we can learn from Artemis, the implications for future exploration, and how the University of Arizona is involved.

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A prominent impact crater on Mars has been named in honor of LPL alumna Dr. Nadine Barlow (1958–2020). For her dissertation at LPL, Nadine mapped and categorized every impact crater on Mars visible in Viking Orbiter imaging above a threshold size. In her subsequent career, she made many advances in our understanding of Mars from this dataset and from later enhancements. Nadine was a professor at Northern Arizona University, a noted leader in the field of Mars crater studies, and a dedicated teacher and mentor to students and colleagues.

The International Astronomical Union also recently named a martian crater for LPL Regents Professor Emeritus H. Jay Melosh (1947-2020).  

LPL scientists have their eyes on Europa, Jupiter's mysterious, icy moon
Professors Lynn Carter and Alfred McEwen are members of Europa Clipper mission instrument teams and Dr. Sarah Sutton is developing data processing methods that will produce beautiful images, mosaics and topographic data collected from the mission's 49 planned flybys.
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