Global Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for Resurfacing and Impactor Populations

Head, James W., Fassett, Caleb I., Kadish, Seth J., Smith, David E., Zuber, Maria T., Neumann, Gregory A., Mazarico, Erwan·2010·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1195050

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