Japanese

Space and Planetary Sciences (P)
Session Sub-categoryPlanetary Sciences (PS)
Session IDP-PS09
Session Title Lunar Science and Exploration
Short Title Lunar Science and Exploration
Date & Time Oral
Session		 AM1-PM2 Mon, 27 MAY
On-site
Poster
Coretime		 PM3 Mon, 27 MAY
Main Convener Name Masaki N Nishino
Affiliation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Co-Convener 1 Name Masahiro KAYAMA
Affiliation Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Co-Convener 2 Name Yusuke Nakauchi
Affiliation Ritsumeikan University
Co-Convener 3 Name Keisuke Onodera
Affiliation Earthquake Research Institute / The University of Tokyo
Session Language J
Scope (Session Description) Scientific data sets acquired by the Japanese lunar mission SELENE (Kaguya) have become the standard of the lunar sciences. Other missions such as Chandrayaan series, LRO, GRAIL, LCROSS, LADEE, THEMIS-ARTEMIS, and Chang'e series and ground observations also provide new knowledge of the Moon. Apollo/Luna samples and lunar meteorite analyses are also being advanced. Recently, the Japanese Smart Lander for Investigate the Moon (SLIM) is on the way to the Moon to perform spectroscopic measurements of the lunar surface materials after landing. In concurrence with these studies, some countries, including Japan, plan near-future lunar missions. This session will discuss scientific results based on newly acquired lunar data, strategies for future missions, lunar sample analyses, and theoretical and experimental studies of lunar sciences.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster
Collaboration Joint with -
Co-sponsoring
Society		 Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences