Nonuniform cratering of the Moon and a revised crater chronology of the inner solar system

Mathieu Le Feuvre (1) , Mark A. Wieczorek (1)

1 IPGP - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

► We model the cratering of the Moon and terrestrial planets. ► We account for cratering asymmetries and megaregolith. ► We revise the crater chronology method. ► We give new age estimates of key planetary surfaces

Mots clés: cratering; Moon; terrestrial planets; crater chronology; impact processes

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]; Planétologie

Mathieu Le Feuvre, Mark A. Wieczorek. Nonuniform cratering of the Moon and a revised crater chronology of the inner solar system. Icarus, 2011, ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.010⟩. ⟨hal-00768797⟩