Thermal models of the Moon were made which include cooling by subsolidus creep and consideration of the creep behavior of geologic material. Measurements from the Apollo program on seismic velocities, electrical conductivity of the Moon's interior, and heat flux at two locations were used in the calculations. Estimates of 1500 to 1600 K were calculated for the temperature, and one sextillion to ten sextillion sq cm/sec were calcualted for the viscosity of the deep lunar interior.


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    Title :

    Solid state convection models of lunar internal temperature


    Contributors:
    Schubert, G. (author) / Young, R. E. (author) / Cassen, P. (author)

    Publication date :

    1975-05-15


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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