Compositional Diversity at Tycho Crater: Mg-Spinel Exposures Detected from Moon Mineralogical Mapper (M^3) Data
Abstract
We report for the first time detection of Mg-spinel from Tycho crater along with crystalline plagioclase, olivine, and high-Ca pyroxene from the Tycho crater using M^3 data onboard Chandrayaan-1.
- Publication:
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43rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPI....43.1434K