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	<title>Comments on: Grail Result.</title>
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		<title>By: alcaray</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/13/grail-result/#comment-21893</link>
		<dc:creator>alcaray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did you try the experiment where you stand on the equator and your blood rushes to your head?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you try the experiment where you stand on the equator and your blood rushes to your head?</p>
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		<title>By: johannes</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/13/grail-result/#comment-21891</link>
		<dc:creator>johannes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The centripetal force is either missing or very much weaker than the gravitational force of the orbiting body.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The centripetal force is either missing or very much weaker than the gravitational force of the orbiting body.</p>
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		<title>By: alcaray</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/13/grail-result/#comment-21772</link>
		<dc:creator>alcaray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A body that is fluid has a chance to equalize it&#039;s mass.  Also to differentiate so that the more massive parts sink to the core, while the lighter components (scum, crust, etc.) float to the top.  Read the piece by Emily Lakdawala that I linked below if you want to understand it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A body that is fluid has a chance to equalize it&#8217;s mass.  Also to differentiate so that the more massive parts sink to the core, while the lighter components (scum, crust, etc.) float to the top.  Read the piece by Emily Lakdawala that I linked below if you want to understand it.</p>
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		<title>By: johannes</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/13/grail-result/#comment-21768</link>
		<dc:creator>johannes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the majority of mass density is on the far side of the moon, (looking from Earth) then it seems reasonable to assume that the moon was molten when it formed, or was captured by Earth.
The reasoning is that if the material is in the liquid state, then the Centripetal Force would push the heavier material towards the side that is further away from the center of the curvature.
&lt;a href=&quot;//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDRI6iQ9Fw”&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; Centripetal Force:&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the majority of mass density is on the far side of the moon, (looking from Earth) then it seems reasonable to assume that the moon was molten when it formed, or was captured by Earth.<br />
The reasoning is that if the material is in the liquid state, then the Centripetal Force would push the heavier material towards the side that is further away from the center of the curvature.<br />
<a href="//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDRI6iQ9Fw”" rel="nofollow"> Centripetal Force:</a></p>
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		<title>By: alcaray</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/13/grail-result/#comment-21762</link>
		<dc:creator>alcaray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/12110923-grail-results.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;From Emily, of course.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/12110923-grail-results.html" rel="nofollow">From Emily, of course.</a></p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/13/grail-result/#comment-21739</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess those big red spots represent the mass concentrations, or mascons, mapped by earlier, cruder measurements.  I guess its consistent with the idea that the moon formed in a relatively short time from orbital debris left over from a collision of the early earth with a Mars-sized planet (the current theory).  

I would be interested in seeing a graph showing the number of mass concentrations as a function of their size.  It looks, from a brief, purely superficial, visual inspection of the map, that the distribution is bimodal, that is, the size of the lumps that make up the moon appear to cluster around two size ranges: a Mare Crisium size of several hundred km, and a large crater size (&lt; 100 km).  If this is indeed the case, it might gives us clues as to how the moon formed.

Your question of what is below the &quot;peel&quot; is a good one, if the mascon size distribution changes substantially with depth, it could give us a very good picture of just how the moon formed, how long it took, and how the accretion process varied over time.  On earth, the greater heat and  liquefaction in the mantle would have erased all evidence of the earth&#039;s early history.

Now we need missions to other large moons in the solar system.  Is there as much variation in satellite internal structure as we see in satellite surfaces?  A set of GRAIL-type missions could tell us just how solar systems form.  

In fact, you could launch a number of gravity missions like this, all over the solar system.  I guess you could call it &#039;wholly Grail&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess those big red spots represent the mass concentrations, or mascons, mapped by earlier, cruder measurements.  I guess its consistent with the idea that the moon formed in a relatively short time from orbital debris left over from a collision of the early earth with a Mars-sized planet (the current theory).  </p>
<p>I would be interested in seeing a graph showing the number of mass concentrations as a function of their size.  It looks, from a brief, purely superficial, visual inspection of the map, that the distribution is bimodal, that is, the size of the lumps that make up the moon appear to cluster around two size ranges: a Mare Crisium size of several hundred km, and a large crater size (&lt; 100 km).  If this is indeed the case, it might gives us clues as to how the moon formed.</p>
<p>Your question of what is below the &quot;peel&quot; is a good one, if the mascon size distribution changes substantially with depth, it could give us a very good picture of just how the moon formed, how long it took, and how the accretion process varied over time.  On earth, the greater heat and  liquefaction in the mantle would have erased all evidence of the earth&#039;s early history.</p>
<p>Now we need missions to other large moons in the solar system.  Is there as much variation in satellite internal structure as we see in satellite surfaces?  A set of GRAIL-type missions could tell us just how solar systems form.  </p>
<p>In fact, you could launch a number of gravity missions like this, all over the solar system.  I guess you could call it &#039;wholly Grail&#039;.</p>
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