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| author | Yariv, Vincent Ravet, Matthieu |
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| contents | "Everyone knows the moon is made of cheese..." This line, famously uttered by Wallace to his canine sidekick Gromit in the 80s classic, may be one of the most cruelly underappreciated movie quotations of our time. Indeed, while most scientists today would simply reject Wallace's claim as preposterous, we aim to revisit his theory on the composition of our natural satellite, revealing that it may not be as implausible as the scientific consensus would have it. Through a revelatory novel analysis of existing data, we will show that very simple cheese-based models can provide a convincing explanation of the Lunar surface's spectral characteristics in the near-infrared. Using the tried and tested PLS (Partial Least Squares) method, we efficiently and reliably retrieve the concentrations of various cheese types in different locations of the Lunar surface. Our results bring to light a bold and flavourful prediction about the Moon's composition, which lays the groundwork for an important paradigm shift in planetary sciences. We urge the scientific community to take a serious notice of this piquant novel interpretation, and strongly consider it in their future models of planetary composition and formation in our solar system and beyond. |
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| spellingShingle | Turning Spherical Cows into Spherical Cheeses: a bold and flavourful re-Interpretation of the Moon's spectrum Yariv, Vincent Ravet, Matthieu Earth and Planetary Astrophysics "Everyone knows the moon is made of cheese..." This line, famously uttered by Wallace to his canine sidekick Gromit in the 80s classic, may be one of the most cruelly underappreciated movie quotations of our time. Indeed, while most scientists today would simply reject Wallace's claim as preposterous, we aim to revisit his theory on the composition of our natural satellite, revealing that it may not be as implausible as the scientific consensus would have it. Through a revelatory novel analysis of existing data, we will show that very simple cheese-based models can provide a convincing explanation of the Lunar surface's spectral characteristics in the near-infrared. Using the tried and tested PLS (Partial Least Squares) method, we efficiently and reliably retrieve the concentrations of various cheese types in different locations of the Lunar surface. Our results bring to light a bold and flavourful prediction about the Moon's composition, which lays the groundwork for an important paradigm shift in planetary sciences. We urge the scientific community to take a serious notice of this piquant novel interpretation, and strongly consider it in their future models of planetary composition and formation in our solar system and beyond. |
| title | Turning Spherical Cows into Spherical Cheeses: a bold and flavourful re-Interpretation of the Moon's spectrum |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01502 |