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ArticleScience advances2026

Lunar chronology model with the Chang'e-6 farside samples and implications for the early impact history.

Zongyu Yue, Sheng Gou, Yexin Wang, Huacheng Li, Gregory Michael, Jianzhong Liu, Shujuan Sun, Yangting Lin, Kaichang Di, Qiuli Li and 9 more

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Zongyu YueKey Laboratory of Planetary Science and Frontier Technology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8073-9264
Sheng GouKey Laboratory of Planetary Science and Frontier Technology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Yexin WangState Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7085-2709
Huacheng LiKey Laboratory of Planetary Science and Frontier Technology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0009-0008-8948-9944
Gregory MichaelInstitute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2612-6694
Jianzhong LiuInstitute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China.
Shujuan SunSchool of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China.ORCID 0009-0009-4022-976X
Yangting LinKey Laboratory of Planetary Science and Frontier Technology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3407-4329
Kaichang DiState Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6581-6615
Qiuli LiState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Yi ChenState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6167-8032
Wei YangKey Laboratory of Planetary Science and Frontier Technology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6267-4981
Bin XieState Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0009-0005-5157-6354
Sen HuKey Laboratory of Planetary Science and Frontier Technology, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9813-5330
Shouding LiKey Laboratory of Deep Petroleum Intelligent Exploration and Development, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1068-6806
Bo ZhengKey Laboratory of Deep Petroleum Intelligent Exploration and Development, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Tianqiao MaoKey Laboratory of Deep Petroleum Intelligent Exploration and Development, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Xianhua LiState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5512-7736
Fuyuan WuState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2281-7885

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Abstract

The radiometric ages of the returned samples are the cornerstone of lunar cratering chronology models. However, all the previous samples were from the lunar nearside and the radiometric ages of those samples that can be associated with particular surfaces are <4.0 billion years. On 25 June 2024, Chang'e-6 successfully returned 1.935-kilogram samples from the lunar farside. The samples included local basalts with an age of 2807 ± 3 million years and the norites with an age of 4247 ± 5 million years likely corresponding to the age of the South Pole-Aitken basin. With these radiometric ages, we refined the lunar chronology function (CF) and verified that it is still consistent with a combination of an exponential decrease and a linear rate. We further derived the impacting rate and found it supports a smooth decay instead of abrupt changes of the impactor flux at early times. The refined lunar CF can be used to obtain more reliable ages for unsampled lunar areas and provide critical constraint for the lunar early impact history.

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