Session outline

Space and Planetary Sciences(P) Session Sub Category Planetary Sciences(PS) Session ID P-PS23 Title Lunar science and exploration Short title Lunar science and exploration Convener Name Tomokatsu Morota Affiliation Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Email morota@eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp Co-convener 1. Name Chikatoshi Honda Affiliation The University of Aizu Email chonda@u-aizu.ac.jp Co-convener 2. Name Masaki N Nishino Affiliation Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University Email mnishino@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp Co-convener 3. Name Hiroshi Nagaoka Affiliation Waseda Univ. Email hiroshi-nagaoka@aoni.waseda.jp International Symposium No request Language Japanese Scope Scientific data sets acquired by not only Japanese lunar mission SELENE (Kaguya), but also other countries' missions, have become new standard for lunar science. Analyses of these data have been providing several new knowledge and changing some hypotheses into the truth of the Moon. In concurrence with these studies, some countries including Japan are planning future lunar missions. In this session, we will discuss scientific results based on newly acquired lunar data, strategy for future missions, and theoretical and experimental studies for lunar science. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers