Constraints on the source of lunar catac
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Matija Ćuk; Brett J. Gladman; Sarah T. Stewart
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Multiple impact basins formed on the Moon about 3.8 Gyr ago in what is known as the lunar cataclysm or Late Heavy Bombardment. Many workers currently interpret the lunar cataclysm as an impact spike primarily caused by main-belt asteroids destabilized by delayed planetary migration. We show that mor