Monte Carlo Simulations of the Lunar Exosphere: Insights into Polar Volatiles

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Oct 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007dps....39.2507c&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #39, #25.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.459

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We have constructed a Monte Carlo model applicable to a surface bounded exosphere, like those at the Moon and Mercury. It computes the motion of exospheric particles on ballistic trajectories as they hop around the surface until they are lost from the system. The model can be used to determine column density, surface concentrations, escape rates, or delivery efficiencies. We use the model to investigate the migration of volatiles on the Moon. We perform simulations to determine observable features that would help distinguish characteristics of volatiles that may be sequestered in permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, including composition, source, and distribution.

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