"Investigation and exploration of the Moon: scientific achievements, fundamental problems, international perspectives"
Alexander Gusev (Kazan State University)
Abstract:
In the report it is supposed: 1) to give the modern review of theoretical researches in spin - orbital movement of the Earth - Moon system; free and forced physical librations the multilayered Moon; 2) to discuss a role of resonant effects at dissipation of internal energy in a lunar core and a mantle due to solar - terrestrial tidal interaction, 3) to describe an internal structure of the three-layer Moon: internal rigid Fe core, external FeS a liquid core; the viscoelastic mantle on the basis of the modern seismic, satellite and laser data, 4) to present and discuss the basic problems in geophysics and celestial mechanics of the Moon, 5) to depict lunar programs of leading space powers: "SELENE" (JAXA, 2007), "CHANG'E-I" (CNSA, 2007), "Chandrayaan" (India, 2008), "LRO" (NASA, 2008), “ Luna Glob ” (Russia, 2012), paid special attention to the lunar program "SELENE" (Japan): “ RISE ” (2007), "ILOM" (2013) projects and “The Moon-2012+”: “Spin-orbit evolution, Geophysics and Selenodesy of the Moon” (Russia, 2007-2012, theoretical investigations).
