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Title:: Difference Comparison and Evolution Analysis of Lunar Nearside and Farside

Author(s):: YAO Mei-juan; CHEN Jian-ping; XU Bin; JI Jin-zhu; CHEN Jian; 1. Institute of High and New Techniques Applied to Land Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; 2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; 3. Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, Guizhou, China; 4. Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, Shandong, China

Keywords:: Moon; evolution; nearside; farside; physical property; rock mineral; structural characteristic

Abstract:: The origin and evolution of Moon and the difference between lunar nearside and farside are hot topics. The difference between lunar nearside and farside shows the asymmetry evolution of the two hemispheres. Based on the analysis of the physical properties, rock mineral properties and structural characteristics of lunar nearside and farside, the difference of their geological evolution and the dynamic process of their formations were discussed. The results show that the physical properties, rock mineral properties and structural characteristics of lunar nearside and farside are different; the geological evolution history of Moon can be divided into three stages, including the stage of endogenic geological process, the stage of both endogenic and exogenic geological processes and the stage of exogenic geological process; the differences between lunar nearside and farside are mainly affected by the stage of endogenic geological process and the stage of both endogenic and exogenic geological processes, while the stage of exogenic geological process only takes little effect on lunar nearside and farside.