这张令人惊叹的月球地图展示了我们的卫星在地质上的辉煌

For the first time, a collaborative team of space scientists has completely mapped the geology and surface of the Moon now providing a “seamless” and “globally consistent” picture of our satellite throughout its 4.5-billion-year-old history.

一个由太空科学家组成的协作团队首次完整地绘制了月球的地质和表面，现在为我们的卫星在45亿年前的历史上提供了一个“无缝”和“全球一致”的图像。

Madison Dapcevich

The aptly named “Unified Geologic Map of the Moon” uniformly shows decades of lunar information at a scale of 1-to-5 million, capturing the many facets of the lunar geology, from craters and basins to lunar plains and volcanic features.

这张被称为“统一月球地质图”的地图以100万到500万的比例统一地展示了几十年的月球信息，捕捉了月球地质的许多方面，从火山口和盆地到月球平原和火山特征。

Conducted by the US Geological Society (USGS) in collaboration with NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute, the project culled information from six regional lunar maps taken during the Apollo-era for comparison against updated information collected during recent satellite missions to the Moon.

该项目由美国地质学会与美国国家航空航天局和月球行星研究所合作开展，从阿波罗时代拍摄的6幅区域月球地图中挑选出信息，与最近在月球卫星任务中收集的最新信息进行比较。

Merging old and new data allowed for the team to redrew existing historical maps creating consistency across rock names, their layers, descriptions, and ages in what is now a unified description of our closest celestial neighbor.

通过合并新旧数据，研究小组可以重新绘制现有的历史地图，在岩石名称、岩层、描述和年龄之间建立一致性，从而形成对我们最近的天体邻居的统一描述。

“This map is a culmination of a decades-long project,” said Corey Fortezzo, USGS geologist and lead author. “It provides vital information for new scientific studies by connecting the exploration of specific sites on the Moon with the rest of the lunar surface.”

“这幅地图是一个长达数十年的项目的成果，”美国地质调查局地质学家和主要作者科里·福特佐说。“通过将月球上特定地点的探索与月球表面的其他部分联系起来，它为新的科学研究提供了重要的信息。”

In total, there were more than 200 units across six maps, some of which were exactly the same and others that were completely different, which allowed researchers to devise a “global unit scheme for stitching together and correlating each unit. The final map consists of 43 units across the entire lunar surface, broken down into groups based on their attributes, now described in a paper submitted to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Texas.

总共有超过200个单元分布在6张地图上，其中一些完全相同，另一些则完全不同，这使得研究人员能够设计出一个“全局单元方案，将每个单元拼接在一起并关联起来。”最终的地图包含了整个月球表面的43个单位，根据它们的属性被分成了几组，现在在一篇提交给德克萨斯州月球与行星研究所第51届月球与行星科学会议的论文中进行了描述。

Scientists say that the map will serve as the definitive blueprint for studying lunar surface geology and will inform future human missions as well as lend insight for greater scientific understanding.

科学家们表示，这张地图将成为研究月球表面地质的最终蓝图，并将为未来的人类任务提供信息，同时为更深入的科学理解提供洞察力。

"People have always been fascinated by the Moon and when we might return," said current USGS Director and former NASA astronaut Jim Reilly in a statement. "So, it's wonderful to see USGS create a resource that can help NASA with their planning for future missions."

美国地质勘探局现任局长、前美国宇航局宇航员吉姆·赖利在一份声明中说:“人们一直对月球很着迷，很想知道我们什么时候能重返月球。”“所以，很高兴看到美国地质勘探局创造了一种资源，可以帮助NASA规划未来的任务。”

The map will next be submitted for publication as a USGS Open File Report and will include a map writeup with more detailed methodologies and descriptions. A more detailed version of the map can be viewed here.

该地图将以美国地质勘探局开放文件报告的形式提交，并将包括一份包含更详细方法和描述的地图编写。更详细的地图版本可以在这里查看。