TY - JOUR
T1 - An autonomous lunar geophysical experiment package (ALGEP) for future space missions
T2 - In response to Call for White Papers for the Voyage 2050 long-term plan in the ESA Science Program
AU - Kawamura, Taichi
AU - Grott, Matthias
AU - Garcia, Raphael
AU - Wieczorek, Mark
AU - de Raucourt, Sébastien
AU - Lognonné, Philippe
AU - Bernauer, Felix
AU - Breuer, Doris
AU - Clinton, John
AU - Delage, Pierre
AU - Drilleau, Mélanie
AU - Ferraioli, Luigi
AU - Fuji, Nobuaki
AU - Horleston, Anna
AU - Kletetschka, Günther
AU - Knapmeyer, Martin
AU - Knapmeyer-Endrun, Brigitte
AU - Padovan, Sebastiano
AU - Plesa, Ana Catalina
AU - Rivoldini, Attilio
AU - Robertsson, Johan
AU - Rodriguez, Sebastien
AU - Stähler, Simon C.
AU - Stutzmann, Eleonore
AU - Teanby, Nicholas A.
AU - Tosi, Nicola
AU - Vrettos, Christos
AU - Banerdt, Bruce
AU - Fa, Wenzhe
AU - Huang, Qian
AU - Irving, Jessica
AU - Ishihara, Yoshiaki
AU - Miljković, Katarina
AU - Mittelholz, Anna
AU - Nagihara, Seiichi
AU - Neal, Clive
AU - Qu, Shaobo
AU - Schmerr, Nicholas
AU - Tsuji, Takeshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Geophysical observations will provide key information about the inner structure of the planets and satellites and understanding the internal structure is a strong constraint on the bulk composition and thermal evolution of these bodies. Thus, geophysical observations are a key to uncovering the origin and evolution of the Moon. In this article, we propose the development of an autonomous lunar geophysical experiment package, composed of a suite of instruments and a central station with standardized interface, which can be installed on various future lunar missions. By fixing the interface between instruments and the central station, it would be possible to easily configure an appropriate experiment package for different missions. We describe here a series of geophysical instruments that may be included as part of the geophysical package: a seismometer, a magnetometer, a heat flow probe, and a laser reflector. These instruments will provide mechanical, thermal, and geodetic parameters of the Moon that are strongly related to the internal structure. We discuss the functionality required for future geophysical observations of the Moon, including the development of the central station that will be used commonly by different payloads.
AB - Geophysical observations will provide key information about the inner structure of the planets and satellites and understanding the internal structure is a strong constraint on the bulk composition and thermal evolution of these bodies. Thus, geophysical observations are a key to uncovering the origin and evolution of the Moon. In this article, we propose the development of an autonomous lunar geophysical experiment package, composed of a suite of instruments and a central station with standardized interface, which can be installed on various future lunar missions. By fixing the interface between instruments and the central station, it would be possible to easily configure an appropriate experiment package for different missions. We describe here a series of geophysical instruments that may be included as part of the geophysical package: a seismometer, a magnetometer, a heat flow probe, and a laser reflector. These instruments will provide mechanical, thermal, and geodetic parameters of the Moon that are strongly related to the internal structure. We discuss the functionality required for future geophysical observations of the Moon, including the development of the central station that will be used commonly by different payloads.
KW - Geophysics
KW - Lunar exploration
KW - Moon
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129809076&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10686-022-09857-6
DO - 10.1007/s10686-022-09857-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129809076
SN - 0922-6435
VL - 54
SP - 617
EP - 640
JO - Experimental Astronomy
JF - Experimental Astronomy
IS - 2-3
ER -