A New Type of Seismic Sensor to Detect Moonquakes
April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024
PASADENA, California, April 11 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
During the Apollo missions of the 1970s, several seismometers were flown to the Moon, where they collected data on lunar seismic trembling for eight years. The data showed some lunar quakes were as powerful as a magnitude 5.
Unlike the Earth, the Moon is not tectonically active. Lunar quakes have different origins: Some are caused by day-to-night thermal differences as th . . .
During the Apollo missions of the 1970s, several seismometers were flown to the Moon, where they collected data on lunar seismic trembling for eight years. The data showed some lunar quakes were as powerful as a magnitude 5.
Unlike the Earth, the Moon is not tectonically active. Lunar quakes have different origins: Some are caused by day-to-night thermal differences as th . . .