It's a "gravity map" which "shows variations across the moon's surface caused by both surface irregularities and a lumpy interior. The red sections indicate relatively high gravity."
The photo comes from NASA's Goddard Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, via Live Science.
Any color you like.
ReplyDeleteDid you mean far side of the moon?
ReplyDeleteThat would be a more accurate way to phrase it; I carried over the conventional term from the Live Science source (I don't know which term NASA used).
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