Permanent Shadow in Lunar Simple Craters

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Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002mbns.conf....5b&link_type=abstract

The Moon Beyond 2002: Next Steps in Lunar Science and Exploration, p. 5

Mathematics

Lunar Craters, Lunar Shadow, Lunar Maps, Computer Aided Mapping, Computerized Simulation, Cold Traps, Ice, Mathematical Models

Scientific paper

Simulation of illumination conditions for idealized simple lunar craters has increased our knowledge of the size and extent of permanently shadowed areas. We have conducted a comprehensive study of how the amount of permanent shadow in a simple crater varies as a function of crater size, location, and with season. We have used these results to determine the amount of permanent shadow, cold traps for water molecules, inside all fresh simple lunar craters between 1 and 20 km in size. These maps of permanent shadow provide more information on the locale of possible ice deposits.

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