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  • Lunar geology
  • Planetary science
  • Geomorphology

Background:

  • Mass wasting is a key lunar surface process, but its current activity and associated geohazard risks are not well understood.
  • Understanding slope stability is crucial for assessing risks to future lunar surface missions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and characterize recent mass wasting events on the Moon.
  • To assess the geohazard risks posed by these new landslides to lunar exploration.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of multi-temporal orbital imagery to detect changes in lunar terrain.
  • Characterization of newly identified landslides, including size, volume, and location.

Main Results:

  • Discovery of new, small, superficial landslides formed in the past 15 years, with volumes less than 10^5 m³.
  • Approximately 29% of new landslides were potentially triggered by impact events, while most were likely induced by moonquakes.
  • Landslides exhibit spatial clustering east of the Imbrium Basin, suggesting localized seismic activity.

Conclusions:

  • Recent lunar landslides are generally small and pose limited hazards to broad lunar exploration.
  • Slope-proximal facilities and operations face the highest risk from these events.
  • Moonquakes are the primary trigger for recent mass wasting, indicating heterogeneous seismic zones within the Moon.