Progresses and prospects of impact crater studies

Z Yue, K Shi, K Di, Y Lin, S Gou - Science China Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Crater is a geologic structure in solid bodies (including the terrestrial planets, moons, and
asteroids) formed by hyper-speed impact, and the impact process is extremely important to …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of shallow basaltic lava layers in Von Kármán crater from Yutu-2 Lunar Penetrating Radar

I Giannakis, J Martin-Torres, Y Su, J Feng, F Zhou… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Yutu-2–the rover from the Chang'E-4 mission–is the longest operational Lunar rover, and
the first rover to land on the far side of the Moon. It is the second planetary rover to be …

Lunar rock investigation and tri-aspect characterization of lunar farside regolith by a digital twin

L Ding, R Zhou, T Yu, H Yang, X He, H Gao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Yutu-2 rover conducted an exciting expedition on the 41st lunar day to investigate a fin-
shaped rock at Longji site (45.44° S, 177.56° E) by extending its locomotion margin on …

Lunar evolution analysis based on numerical simulations of typical lunar impact craters

Z Yue, H Li, N Zhang, S Gou, Y Lin - Space: Science & Technology, 2023 - spj.science.org
Impact craters are one of the most important landforms on the lunar surface, playing a crucial
role in the formation and later evolution of the Moon. For example, as a primary source of …

Simulation of Lunar Comprehensive Substructure with Fracture and Imaging of Later LPR Data from Chang'e-4 Mission

Z Huo, L Zhang, Z Zeng, J Li, L Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the most important geophysical methods for detecting the lunar underground
structure of the Moon, the lunar penetrating radar (LPR) is applied to the Chang'e-4 (CE-4) …

A Flat-bottomed Buried Crater and Paleo-layered Structures Revealed at the Von Kármán Crater Using Lunar Penetrating Radar

L Zhang, X Meng, Y Qian, Y Xu, X Zhang… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Impact cratering is the most common geological process occurring on terrestrial planets. The
morphologies of impact craters reflect not only the impact conditions but the target properties …

Geologically old but freshly exposed rock fragments encountered by Yutu‐2 rover

S Gou, Z Yue, K Di, R Bugiolacchi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During the exploration traverse of the Von Kármán crater on the lunar farside, the Yutu‐2
rover, part of China's Chang'e‐4 mission, come across rock fragments with higher albedo …

Analysis of a large buried impact crater and vertical mineral composition at the Chang'E-4 landing site by multi-source remote sensing data

S Chen, Y Feng, X Tong, H Xie, C Wang, X Xu, Y Jin… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Exploring the concealed subsurface structures and materials beneath the lunar surface can
reveal significant insights into geological history. This study offers a comprehensive analysis …

Overview of the latest scientific achievements of chang'E-4 mission of china's lunar exploration project

C Yuesong, T Yuhua, FAN Yu, YAN Jun, W Chi… - 空间科学学报, 2022 - cjss.ac.cn
On 3 January 2019, the Chang'E-4 probe successfully landed in the Von Kármán crater in
the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon. On 4 January, the Yutu-2 rover was …

Chronology of the Basalt Units Surrounding Chang'e-4 Landing Area

Z Yue, K Shi, G Michael, K Di, S Gou, J Liu, S Niu - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Chang'e-4 (CE-4) lunar probe, the first soft landing spacecraft on the far side of the
Moon, successfully landed in the Von Kármán crater on 3 January 2019. Geological studies …