title: Microcratering within the lunar regolith--a theory and observation.
abstract: Since the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, there has been substantial analysis of the lunar rocks and soil grains, utilizing more recent advances in electron probe technologies. It is the objective of this research to revisit the theories concerning the microcratering within the lunar regolith. Recent theories have included the idea that the microcratering phenomenon was caused by meteoric impacting onto the lunar surface during early lunar history. Other theories have suggested that the microcratering was a result of secondary ejector associated with micrometeoric and meteoric impact. This research team suggests that microcratering may have been associated with primordial dust during and before the formation of our solar system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D016081:Moon; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D012987:Soil