Encyclopedia of Lunar Science

Editor-in-Chief:Brian Cudnik, Prairie View A&M University, Houston, TX, USASection Editors:Shengbo Chen, College of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology, Jinlin University, Changchun, PR ChinaJesse Davenport, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CNRS-CRPG), Vandœuvre-Lés-Nancy, FranceCesare Grava, Southwest Research Institute, San ANtonio, TX, UsaAmanda Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USAIssaku Kohl, University of California, Young Stable Isotope Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, USAJosé M. Madiedo, Facultad de Sciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, SpainAmit B. Sarbadhikari, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, IndiaEdgar S. Steenstra, Faculteit Aard- en Levenwetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsNicolle E. B. Zellner, Department of Physics, Albion College, MI, USAYuanzhi Zhang, Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep-Space Exploration, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, PR China----------------Professor Brian Cudnik serves as Laboratory Specialist for the Physics Program at Prairie View A&M University (a part of the Texas A&M University system) in Texas. He has been at this position for almost 11 years and has been at Prairie View A&M for a total of 13 years. His prior position was that of Research Assistant at the Solar Observatory. He has served as coordinator of the Lunar Meteoritic Impact Search section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) since January 2000, two months after making the first confirmed visual observation of a meteoroid impact on the Moon during the Leonid storm of November 1999.He has published papers and posters on various astronomical subjects including peer-reviewed papers, posters at professional conferences and amateur astronomy publications. He has served as Board Member of the Houston Astronomical Society, is presently an Associate member of the American Astronomical Society, a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers and a regular contributor of observations at the International Occultation Timing Association. He taught astronomy at the University of St. Thomas every semester or summer session (one summer session per summer) since 2005.

From the Contents: Albedo/photometric mapping.- Ancient Lunar Dynamo / magnetic field.- Atmosphere, evolution of.- Atmosphere, present (including sodium enhancements).- Basaltic volcanism.- Breccias.- Chemistry of lunar surface.- Core properties.- Craters-ages and evolution.- Craters-concentric.- Crater counting / densities.- Craters-secondaries.- Craters-sizes and morphologies.- Dark Halo Lunar Craters.- Differentiation and Internal Structure.