这张地图和研究首次表明，这些月海脊相对年轻，并且广泛分布在月球月海中。通过确定SMRs的形成方式，研究团队还发现了可能引发月震的新来源，这可能会影响未来月球任务的着陆地点选择。

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic geological feature of tectonic activity. The team’s discovery of how SMRs form ...

A small mare ridge in Northeast Mare Imbrium taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Scientists have produced the first global map and ...

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Suggested Citation: "2 Study of the History of the Solar System and Its Prebiotic Chemistry: Permanently Shadowed Regions on the Moon." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020.