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This study focuses on the size of composition of lunar core. In this study, we consider the lunar mean density and mean moment of inertia factor in our inversion. We use the degree-2 coefficients of lunar gravity field model GL990D and the lunar physical liberation parameters to compute mean moment of inertia factor, which is treated as an observed value. We also compute the observed value of the mean density according to the total mass of the Moon. Based on the interior structure with various layers, we deduce the modeled expressions for the lunar mean density and mean moment of inertia factor. Summing the squares of the difference between the observed value and modeled value as an inversion criterion, we estimate the multi-parameters based on the simulated annealing algorithm. By considering the lunar interior structure with three layers, the estimated size of the lunar core is around 470 km, and the density of the core is close to 5486 kg·m–3. The computed size and density of the lunar core are close to other reported values, thereby validating our algorithm. We then consider the scenarios that the lunar core differentiates between a solid inner core and a liquid outer core. The good-inversed outer core is close to 385 km, while the inner core approaches to 350 km. By using the good-inversed sizes as fixed parameters, it is found that the inner core reaches 7879 kg⋅m–³, quite denser than the outer core, which is estimated at 4618 kg⋅m–³. Our result indicates that the outer core is composed of ferrous sulfide (FeS), while the inner core is comprised of ferrous or ferro-nickel, formed 3.56 billion years ago when the lunar core dynamo ended.
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Keywords:
- gravity field /
- physical liberation /
- simulated annealing /
- size of lunar core /
- density of lunar core
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图 1 月球内部分层结构
Figure 1. Lunar interior structure with various layers.
图 2 三层模型下月核半径和密度的频率分布图 (a)月核半径频率分布图; (b)月核密度频率分布图
Figure 2. Histograms of frequency distributions of the estimated radius (a) and density (b) of the core, considering the lunar interior structure with three layers.
图 3 四层模型的月核半径频率分布图 (a) 外核半径频率分布图; (b) 内核半径频率分布图
Figure 3. Histograms of frequency distributions of the estimated outer (a) and inner core (b), considering the lunar interior structure with four layers.
图 4 四层模型的月核密度频率分布图 (a) 外核密度频率分布图; (b) 内核密度频率分布图
Figure 4. Histograms of frequency distributions of the density of outer core (a) and the density of inner core (b), considering the lunar interior structure with four layers.
表 2 月球相关参数
Table 2. Values of lunar parameters.
参数 取值 二阶重力位系数 C20 –0.9088124807048×10–4 二阶重力位系数 C22 0.3467408607293×10–4 月球的总质量 M/kg 7.3462872646575×1022 月球的平均半径 R/km 1737.4 月球的平均密度 $ \bar{\rho } $/(kg⋅m–3) 3340.642 天平动因子 γ 227.7317×10–6 天平动因子 β 631.0213×10–6 平均惯性矩因子 I0/MR2 0.3930002239 
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[1] Jiang Y, Li Y, Liao S Y, Yin Z J, Hsu W B 2022 Sci. Bull. 67 755
Google Scholar
[2] Mighani S, Wang H, Shuster D L, Borlina C S, Nichols C I O, Weiss B P 2020 Sci. Adv. 6 eaax0883
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[8] Shimizu H, Matsushima M, Takahashi F, Shibuya H, Tsunakawa H 2013 Icarus 222 32
Google Scholar
[9] Yan J, Xu L, Li F, Matsumoto K, Rodriguez J A P, Miyamoto H, Dohm J M 2015 Adv. Space Res. 55 1721
Google Scholar
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Zhong Z, Zhang T, Duan L, Li Y, Zhu H Q 2021 Geomat. Inform. Sci. Wuhan Univ. 46 238
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[13] Cui Y, Zhang Z S, Shi X J, Guang C, Gao J 2020 Sep. Purif. Technol. 236 116303
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[14] Lemoine F G, Goossens S, Sabaka T J, Nicholas J B, Mazarico E, Rowlands D D, Loomis B D, Chinn D S, Neumann G A, Smith D E, Zuber M T 2014 Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 3382
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[16] Garcia R F, Khan A, Drilleau M, Margerin L, Kawamura T, Sun D, Wieczorek M A, Rivoldini A, Nunn C, Weber R C, Marusiak A G, Lognonné P, Nakamura Y, Zhu P 2019 Space. Sci. Rev. 215 1
Google Scholar
[17] Lognonné P, Gagnepain-Beyneix J, Chenet H 2003 Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 211 27
Google Scholar
[18] Gagnepain-Beyneix J, Lognonné P, Chenet H, Lombardi D, Spohn T 2006 Phys. Earth. Planet. In. 159 140
Google Scholar
[19] Khan A, Mosegaard K 2002 J. Geophys. Res. Planet 107 3
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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