Short CommunicationTranslucent glass globules on the Moon
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB41000000), the Pre-research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies (D020101, D020202) of China National Space Administration, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41773063), the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDY-SSW-DQC028), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. Comments and suggestions provided by the four
Zhiyong Xiao is an associate professor at the Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen University. His research is about planetary surface processes, especially impact cratering process and impact history on inner solar system bodies.
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