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Hidden moon ice may reveal itself through the way it bends and reflects vibrations from moonquakes。 The technique could help astronauts locate vital water supplies and uncover clues about the origins of Earth’s oceans
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The Chang'e-7 (CE-7) mission will deploy the first seismometer at the lunar south pole to detect moonquakes and probe lunar interior structures in 2026 winter. However, the lander's vibration response to the extreme temperature cycles of the polar environment remains unclear, complicating the analysis of noise sources in seismic records. Here, we developed a high-fidelity finite-element model of the CE-7 lander to characterize its resonant behavior under the coupled influence of solar panel rotation and extreme thermal variations. Numerical results reveal that the lander's fundamental frequency (~0.76 Hz) at room temperature drifts significantly between 0.64 Hz and 0.87 Hz when the outside temperature varies from -180 to +80 °C. This frequency drift is primarily driven by thermally induced stiffness changes in the solar array supporting bracket, whereas geometric reconfiguration due to rotation plays a secondary role. Crucially, this resonance band directly overlaps with the primary seismic observation window (usually <1.0 Hz). Sensitivity analysis further confirms that the fundamental mode remains structurally robust despite material property uncertainties. These findings estab
Global seismicity on all three solar system's bodies with in situ measurements (Earth, Moon, and Mars) is due mainly to mechanical Rieger resonance (RR) of the solar wind's macroscopic flapping, driven by the well-known PRg=~154-day Rieger period and detected commonly in most heliophysical data types and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). Thus, InSight mission marsquakes rates are periodic with PRg as characterized by a very high (>>12) fidelity Φ=2.8 10^6 and by being the only >99%-significant spectral peak in the 385.8-64.3-nHz (1-180-day) band of highest planetary energies; the longest-span (v.9) release of raw data revealed the entire RR, excluding a tectonically active Mars. For check, I analyze rates of Oct 2015-Feb 2019, Mw5.6+ earthquakes, and all (1969-1977) Apollo mission moonquakes. To decouple magnetosphere and IMF effects, I study Earth and Moon seismicity during traversals of Earth magnetotail vs. IMF. The analysis showed with >99-67% confidence and Φ>>12 fidelity that (an unspecified majority of) moonquakes and Mw5.6+ earthquakes also recur at Rieger periods. About half of spectral peaks split but also into clusters that average to usual Riege
Parameterised by the Love number $k_2$ and the tidal quality factor $Q$, and inferred from lunar laser ranging (LLR), tidal dissipation in the Moon follows an unexpected frequency dependence often interpreted as evidence for a highly dissipative, melt-bearing layer encompassing the core-mantle boundary. Within this, more or less standard interpretation, the basal layer's viscosity is required to be of order $10^{15}$ to $10^{16}$ Pa s, and its outer radius is predicted to extend to the zone of deep moonquakes. While the reconciliation of those predictions with the mechanical properties of rocks might be challenging, alternative lunar interior models without the basal layer are said to be unable to fit the frequency dependence of tidal $Q$. The purpose of our paper is to illustrate under what conditions the frequency-dependence of lunar tidal $Q$ can be interpreted without the need for deep-seated partial melt. Devising a simplified lunar model, in which the mantle is described by the Sundberg-Cooper rheology, we predict the relaxation strength and characteristic timescale of elastically-accommodated grain boundary sliding in the mantle that would give rise to the desired frequency
The applicability of the linear theory of elasticity to the Moon has been studied. As a criterion was taken the smallness of the strain tensor. The elastic moduli are obtained from the data of the project "Apollo". The pressure was calculated in the framework of the model of a homogeneous solid sphere under the action of its own gravity. The strain tensor trace is of the order $0.02$, which indicates the applicability. The strain tensor in the body of the Moon is calculated taking into account the self-gravity and the Earth's tidal potential. Respectively the free energy density is calculated. Since the axis of the Moon rotation has its own non-zero declination to the ecliptic plane, the tidal potential variations take place during the rotation of the Moon around the Earth. The estimation of the corresponding free energy density variations are made. Their dependence on the depth exhibit qualitative agreement with the data of depth dependence in the energy of deep moonquakes obtained in the project "Apollo." Integral estimations of variations in the free energy for the year shows that it is many orders of magnitude greater than estimates of energy for the year of deep moonquakes ene
Herein the transient lunar phenomena (TLP) report database is subjected to a discriminating statistical filter robust against sites of spurious reports, and produces a restricted sample that may be largely reliable. This subset is highly correlated geographically with the catalog of outgassing events seen by the Apollo 15, 16 and Lunar Prospector alpha-particle spectrometers for episodic Rn-222 gas release. Both this robust TLP sample and even the larger, unfiltered sample are highly correlated with the boundary between mare and highlands, as are both deep and shallow moonquakes, as well as Po-210, a long-lived product of Rn-222 decay and a further tracer of outgassing. This offers another significant correlation relating TLPs and outgassing, and may tie some of this activity to sagging mare basalt plains (perhaps mascons). Additionally, low-level but likely significant TLP activity is connected to recent, major impact craters (while moonquakes are not), which may indicate the effects of cracks caused by the impacts, or perhaps avalanches, allowing release of gas. The majority of TLP (and Rn-222) activity, however, is confined to one site that produced much of the basalt in the Pro
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