• Thumbnail for Mass concentration (astronomy)
    concentration (or mascon) is a region of a planet's or moon's crust that contains a large positive gravity anomaly. In general, the word "mascon" can be used...
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  • Thumbnail for Mare Serenitatis
    Mare Serenitatis is an example of a mascon, an anomalous gravitational region on the Moon. A mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, was identified...
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    maria, there is no mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, in the center of Mare Tranquillitatis. Mascons were identified in the center of other...
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  • Thumbnail for Mare Crisium
    Mare Anguis can be seen northeast of Mare Crisium. A mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, was identified in the center of Mare Crisium from...
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    arcuate grabens on the western margin of the mare. A mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, was identified in the center of Mare Nectaris from...
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  • are separated below under the heading Wilkes Land anomaly and Wilkes Land mascon (mass concentration), based on terms used in their principal published reference...
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  • Thumbnail for Grimaldi (crater)
    concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, has been identified in the center of Grimaldi (corresponding with the mare). The mascon was mapped at high...
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    the basin (or the southwest portion of the mare) is a mascon, or gravitational high. The mascon was first identified by Doppler tracking of the Lunar...
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  • Pisemsky Mason bee (Osmia species), of the family Megachilidae Search for "mascon" on Wikipedia. Masone, a town in the Alps Region of northern Italy Macon...
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    Mare Imbrium is about 750 miles (1,210 km) wide. A mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, was identified in the center of Mare Imbrium from...
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