Impacts on the Moon: Analysis methods and size distribution of impactors

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作者
Avdellidou, Chrysa [1 ,2 ]
Munaibari, Edhah [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Larson, Raven [5 ]
Vaubaillon, Jeremie [6 ]
Delbo, Marco [1 ]
Hayne, Paul [5 ]
Wieczorek, Mark [1 ]
Sheward, Daniel [7 ]
Cook, Antony [7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cote Azur, Observ Cote Azur, Lab Lagrange, CNRS, Blvd Observ,CS 34229, F-06304 Nice 4, France
[2] Univ Cote Azur, Observ Cote Azur, CNRS, Geoazur, 250 Rue Albert Einstein, F-06560 Valbonne, France
[3] Univ Cote Azur MAUCA, UCA, Astrophys, Dept Phys, Campus Sci,Parc Valrose, F-06100 Nice, France
[4] Observ Cote Azur, Campus Sci,Parc Valrose, F-06100 Nice, France
[5] Univ Colorado, Astrophys & Planetary Sci Dept, Lab Atmospher & Space Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[6] Observ Paris PSL, Inst Mecan Celeste & Calcul Ephemerides, 77 Av Denfert Rochereau, F-75014 Paris, France
[7] Aberystwyth Univ, Dept Phys, Ceredigion SY23 3BZ, Wales
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
Moon; Surface; Impact processes; Meteoroids; HYPERVELOCITY COLLISIONS; SOLAR-SYSTEM; LUNAR; FLASHES; CRATER; TEMPERATURE; METEOROIDS; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE;
D O I
10.1016/j.pss.2021.105201
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We are preparing a telescope system to carry out a survey of detection and analysis of lunar impact flashes. In the framework of this project, here we present all necessary methods to automatically identify these luminous events, their lunar impact coordinates, the origin of the impacting meteoroids, as well as the estimation of their physical properties such as mass and size. We tested our methods against confirmed impact events and constructed the meteoroid size frequency distribution of impactors using literature data of the last 20 years. In addition, we present the first lunar impact event observed from the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur that was detected during the testing phase of our project.
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