Spatial distribution of lunar polar hydrogen deposits after KAGUYA (SELENE)

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Jun 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3712201t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, Issue 12, CiteID L12201

Physics

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Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Moon (1221), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Polar Regions, Biogeosciences: Remote Sensing

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Although controversial in its physical form, there is mounting evidence of hydrogen enhancements at the lunar poles. The permanently shadowed locales are potential sites for significant concentrations of cold-trapped volatiles, including water ice. We derive maps of the lunar hydrogen distribution near the poles by applying a pixon image reconstruction algorithm to the Lunar Prospector epithermal neutron data coupled with a new map of cold trap locations derived from the KAGUYA (SELENE) altimetry measurements. The results presented in this article require the hydrogen to be concentrated into “cold traps.”

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