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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released a complete and more detailed map of the moon in association with the Lunar Planetary Institute and NASA. The new map, according to USGS, will serve as a plan that can help navigate and guide future missions to the moon.
The map will be available online as a repository to assist researchers, students, scientists, and the general public. And yes, this is a proper map of the entire satellite!
Last year, NASA had announced that they would once again begin sending people to the moon in the coming years. and releasing the map could be seen as a preliminary step to it. The USGS says the map is the product of a project that has been in progress for decades.
A report quoted a USGS geologist who said the map provides crucial information about the moon’s surface and could also aid in future exploratory missions.
The map is extremely detailed and specific and uses colors to demarcate between the ages. For example, the formation of the Imbrian era, when the moon’s surface was hit by asteroids, has been marked in pink. The USGS has also managed to demarcate the rock layers that make up the moon’s surface to better understand the satellite.
