Research
Disappearing Moon Craters
Eos · By Vincent Salters ·
The Brief
- Lunar impact craters are widely used to determine the ages of surface units.
- Craters can also act as cold traps that preserve water ice.
- Craters degrade over time, which affects both of these uses.
Why it matters
Crater degradation can bias the age estimates and the water-ice preservation that planetary scientists rely on craters to infer.
Who’s affected
- planetary scientists and lunar researchers
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Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: AGU Advances Lunar impact craters are widely used to determine the ages of surface units and can also serve as cold traps that preserve water ice. However, craters degrade over time, and…