Meteor Impacts on the Moon
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Wiegert
Can extend to MSc?: Yes
Project Description (Abstract):
During the upcoming Artemis missions, humanity will return to the Moon for the first time "in-person" since 1972. Scheduled to landed near the Moon's South Pole for the first time, one of the key objectives will be determining the amount of water ice frozen in "cold traps" which receive very little sunlight. This project is to determine what the effect of meteoroid impacts is on the emplacement of water ice near the South Pole. Using analytic approaches to crater formation and models of the meteoroid environment, the goal is to determine whether meteor impacts on the lunar surface affect the distribution of frozen water there.
