Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1668h&link_type=abstract
EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1668
Computer Science
Scientific paper
Implantation of solar wind particles on the Moon may produce hydroxyl through combining with the oxygen in the silicate minerals, which then may evolve into water through a combinative process that is highly temperature-dependent, occurring exponentially quicker with increasing temperature, and preferentially accumulating in anorthositic terrain versus basaltic mare terrain. In contrast, the surfaces of silicate asteroids in the main belt are significantly cooler than the Moon reducing, and possibly preventing, water formation through this combinative process. Additionally, any resulting water would likely be less stable on basaltic silicate asteroids than a comparable lunar highland surface.
Darby Dyar M.
Grieves Gregory A.
Hibbitts Ch. A.
Orlando Thomas M.
Poston M. J.
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