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Paper No. 113-6
Presentation Time: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM

POINCARÉ BASIN: GEOMORPHOLOGIC MAPPING FOR ENDURANCE -A & -R


RUNYON, Kirby1, BUCZKOWSKI, Debra2, GREENHAGEN, Benjamin T.3, MORIARTY III, Daniel P.4, PETRO, Noah4, VAN DER BOGERT, Carolyn H.5 and HIESINGER, Harald5, (1)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (2)JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., MS 200-W230, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, (3)Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11101 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (4)NASA/GSFC, Code 698, Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (5)Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, Münster, 48149, Germany

Science Goals and Exploration Site: Determining the Moon’s precise impact basin chronology and geochemical/thermal evolution are long-term goals that will address fundamental questions in both lunar and Solar System science and is the driving motivator behind the Endurance Mission Concept [e.g. National Academies Decadal Survey 2022; Keane et al., 2022]. To provide geologic context for both the Endurance-A & -R sampling caching rover concepts, we have begun geologic mapping along various portions of the traverses at high resolution in the manner of Runyon et al. [2020; 2022].

Poincaré Basin, a ~340 km diameter pre-Nectarian [e.g., Spudis et al., 2011; Fassett et al., 2012] basin on the Moon’s southern far side, allows sampling of both dateable SPA and other basin melt deposit and volcanically-emplaced mare. Here, we present a preliminary geomorphological map. Notably, Endurance-A may sample a possible volcanic topographic construct on the mare and a possible palimpsest crater.

Methods and Future Work: We mapped in ArcGIS Pro 3 at a scale of 1:200,000 using LROC WAC medium and high incidence photomosaics. The Global Lunar DTM 100 meter topographic model (GLD100) +LOLA sourced via QuickMap aided interpretation. We will soon complete the map, including information from composition.

Acknowledgments: Funded by NASA LDAP 80NSSC22K1338 originally awarded to K. Runyon.

References: [1] National Academies Decadal Survey 2023-2032 (2022), SBN 978-0-309-47578-5 | DOI 10.17226/26522. [2] Keane, J.T., Tikoo, S.M., Elliott, J., (2022), Endurance NASA Mission Concept Study. [3] Runyon, K.D., et al. (2020), JGR-P, doi:10.1029/2019JE006024. [4] Runyon, K.D., Nelson, L., Moriarty, D.P., III. (2022), PSJ doi:10.3847/PSJ/ac51e2 [5] Spudis, P.D., Wilhelms, D.E., Robinson, M.S., (2011), JGR doi:10.1029/2011JE003903 [6] Fassett, C.I., et al., (2012), JGR, doi:10.1029/2011JE003951 [7] LROC QuickMap: https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu.

Session No. 113--Booth# 304

T116. Best Practices and Exciting Discoveries in Identifying, Mapping, and Analyzing Planetary Landforms and Terrestrial Analogues (Posters)
Monday, 16 October 2023: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Hall B (David L Lawrence Convention Center)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-391932
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