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WAVE TXTONICS OM TKE: MOON AND SYDIJMETRIES-~ISYMMETDS OF OR~N'TUREGION; G.G,Kochemasov,IG3U of the Russian Academy of Sciences ,35 ,Staromonetny,~~oscow,IO~Ol~,Rwsia, - Wave tectonics on the Moon is imprinted in three classes of riag structures related to three kinds of cyclic motion of the satellite (in galayy,about the Sun and the ~arth)and repre- sented respectivly by the Ocean,the Mare8 and large craters. - 3ave tectonics in the solar system Bodies shows itself in regularity (rhythms) of phenomena and structures and in symmet- ry-antisymmetry combinations caused by interf erem e of planeta- ry waves (lithospheric ,atmospheric bothers) of various directi- ons and lengths/l,2/,0n the Moon the Mare Orientale region draws attention by clear regularly spaced rings/3/, %heir "polygonali- tyft and sectoral pattern of the Maxe and its Erame.Ln the Mare supers tructure/4,5/ symmetrically about its NE diameter are dis- posedil )craters Schickard(a) & Hertzsprung(b) being 1250km away from the Mare centre;2)clusters of radial disjunctive structures- crater chains at NW and radial vallies at SX(i.g. ,-hirami,Baa- de,Bouvar)(fig,l).Craters Grimaldi(d) and Brouwer(i) being 4950 hm away from the Mare centre are symmetrical about its I@? diam, These craters are parts of symmetric linear zones lon 600 to 650km. The first submesidional, includes craters Bocca7 c ) ,Grimal- di(d) ,lobraann(e) ,Hevelius(f) ,Cavalerius(g) ;the second,sublati- tudinal, includes craters Blackett (h) ,Brouwer(i) ,Lanpuir( j) ,Che- byshev(k),Kleymenov(l).Order in lay-out of these craters tied to tectonic zones could speak in favow of their endogenous origin, Antisymmetry in superstructure of the Mare Orientale shows it- self in heterogeneity of 1ithosphere.For example,in its SE half unlike the IfiV one thickzess of the crust is diminished what is shown in relatively increased role of mare basalts b craters of this region.The "GalileorvNIEirlS & %I results (dec.1990) also show a stronger mafic ,maria like signature in Schickard area/6, 7/ . "Regularities" seen in basin and mare superstructures one can extend. lh /8/ is shown thai most marea and big craters (@>200km) are arranged in limits of two perpen- 0tm3 diculm diagonal belts and along eq- El' uator and meridians -9O?,This net- m5work does "0% contradict a periodic + + PFD~ systen of ring structures of litho- sgheres formed by interference of lithospheric waves of 4 directions (ortho-& diagonal)/l,Z/.The interfe- rence table is scale invariant and

140. infinite. General morpbot ec tonic ma- ke-up of planets ad satellites is Pig. I ,Superstructure of linked t-o interference of waves long Maze Orientale. 'I ,Mare more than a body radius(extra-long) basalts;2 ,Craters ,ring /g/.Against background of mown '8-E faults;3.=4,Weakness zo- andd-N asmetries oftheMoon/i.g,, nes:radial(3),tangential 10/morphotectonically different sec- (4);5,0cean Procellarum tors are clearly distinguished t oppo- limiti6.South Pole-Bitkenbesite differently subsided sectors of

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WAVE TECTONICS ON THE MOON,.... Kochemasov G.G. the Ocean Procellarum(--) and the South Pole-ditken Basin(-) and separating them uplifted sectors(++,+)(Pi@;.2a).Area west of the Ocean is the most elevated and cra- tered on the Moon/lO/, Four planetary sec- tors of the Earth's eastern hemisphere are a b comparable to the lunar 0nes.i.n respect of relative sizes and evolut~on tendencies : two opposlte varrously &&me&@d-Asian(+ ) and Bfro-Ailediterraneanb),and two opposite variously lowered-Eurasian(-) and 1ndocemic(--)/9/(Fi&2b)*P~- damentality of such sector division at the Earth is substantia- ted by relief,crust and lithosphere thicknesses,geoid anomalies. In /10,11 & others/ is shown that such deep relations exist on the Moon too.Similarity of planetary sectors at the Earth and its satellite is no accident as the Earth-Moon system jointly rotates in galaxy and around the Sun. Position of the Earth and Noon in one solar orbit determi- nes equal relative length of their superstructure waves+R/4/2/, At the Earth these waves specifically form superstructures of the Archean cratons, On the Noon them correspond superstructu- res of maren (but not of the Ocean !) and large craters and tha- lassoids multi-ring character of which and presence of outer ri- n s with large diameters are discussed in /3/, The Moon rotates af so around the Earth, Monthly rotations around it are compara- ble with rotation of photosphere of the dun where su ergranules are formed with characteristic wave-length m(48-60 3 /12/, On the Moon derivatives of such waves should be ttsuperstructures's with diameters of some tens to 80-100 km. They should be found among important craters saturating highlands and observed on marea, So ,proceeding from position peculiarities of the Moon in space and the wave model of ring structure formation,it is pos- sible to predict on it three basic populations of multi-ring "polygonal" endogeneous structures, One, tied to wave-length jfR (superstructures of I order -Ocean Procellarum and South Pole- Aitken Basin), second, tied to wave-length m4 (superstructures of I1 order),third,tied to wave-lengthfl(48-60) (superstructu- res of I11 order), A11 populations occu on the Moon where they are masked by numerous(?) impact structures, References :/l/Kochemasov G, G. (I 991 )As tronom.circular,nl~~O, 35-36 (in russi'an) ;/2/Kochemasov G,G, (1992)IPS XXIII,703-704; /3/Pike R,J,,Spudis P.D,(1987)Earth,~oon,and Planets,vo39,n 2, 129-1% ;/4/Kochemasov G.G, (1986)Astronomical circula,n 'l4-40,5- 7;/S/Kochemasov G,G. (1988)LE XX,621-622; /G/h~lcCord T,B, et al, (199l)EoS,v,72,n 17 sup,,182; /7/Head JeWv et al,(lggl)EoS,v,72, n 17 sup, ,182; /8/Lipsky Yu,N, ,Rodionova Zh,F. (1975)In:~Cosmo- chemistry of the Moon and planetst1,Moscow,Nauka,pp.7cj4; /g/Koche- masov G ,G, (I991 )Astronomical circular,n 1550,37-38 (in russian) ; /IO/Rodionova ZB, Fvet al, (I 988)WS XM, 992-993 ; /ll/Rodionova Zh, F. et a1. (1991 )14th Sovo-Arneric.microsymposium on planetology, Moscow, Ternadsky Inst, ,Abstracts, 76-77; /12/Kochemasov G. G. (1992)16th Russ.-Americ .micros posium on planetoloe;y,Abstracts, Moscow,Vernadsky Inst. (GEOILHI~~~-57.

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