Water on The Moon, III. Volatiles & Activity

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Apr 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012astrv...7e..53c&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Review, Volume 7, p. 53-94

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Water, Moon, Lcross, Lunar, Outgassing

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For centuries some scientists have argued that there is activity on the Moon (or water, as recounted in Parts I & II), while others have thought the Moon is simply a dead, inactive world. [1] The question comes in several forms: is there a detectable atmosphere? Does the surface of the Moon change? What causes interior seismic activity? From a more modern viewpoint, we now know that as much carbon monoxide as water was excavated during the LCROSS impact, as detailed in Part I, and a comparable amount of other volatiles were found. At one time the Moon outgassed prodigious amounts of water and hydrogen in volcanic fire fountains, but released similar amounts of volatile sulfur (or SO2), and presumably large amounts of carbon dioxide or monoxide, if theory is to be believed. So water on the Moon is associated with other gases.

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