Open AccessLunar swirls exposed at Workshop Without Walls
Author(s) -
Kramer Georgiana,
Neish Catherine,
Besse Sebastian
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2011eo460006
Subject(s) - astrobiology , planet , aerospace engineering , geology , engineering , aeronautics , physics , astronomy
Lunar Swirls Workshop Without Walls; Moffett Field, California, 7 September 2011 For 40 years the nature and origin of strange, bright, sinuous markings on the surface of the Moon, known as lunar swirls, have been a topic of intense interest and debate to lunar scientists. Now, with the influx of new data about the lunar surface and its interaction with the space environment, the swirls are attracting a more diverse following. Lunar swirls was the topic of the NASA Lunar Science Institute's first “Workshop Without Walls,” a virtual meeting using the latest technology in interactive video teleconferencing.