Analysis of the selenophysics parameters using the space missions data

Abstract

© 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. Many space agencies and countries have recently announced their plans on the exploration of the Moon in the next few years. The main purpose is to prepare and place long-term scientific and technical bases on the near side of the Moon and at the lunar Poles in order to conduct space experiments and study the lunar internal structure. For implementation of these plans the information on selenophysical parameters is essential, since without it solution of the tasks, ranging from the choice of place for the bases to their technical and scientific equipment, is impossible. In the present paper, the lunar gravitational field, dynamic figure, problem of the lunar core existence as well as free libration modes of the multi-layered Moon are analyzed using the space missions data.