Tag: GRAIL

• They should have called the probes “Indiana” and “Henry Jones, Sr.”

    For most astrophysics purposes, we don’t have to worry about the details of the inner structure of planets and moons. However, if we want to reconstruct their full history, it helps to know all the variations in density and composition. The twin GRAIL spacecraft in orbit around the Moon are designed to do just…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 5, 2012

  Ars Technica, Writing for Other Sites

  GRAIL, the Moon