The spatial distribution of polar hydrogen deposits on the Moon

Details The spatial distribution of polar hydrogen deposits on the Moon The spatial distribution of polar hydrogen deposits on the Moon

2008-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2478v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages. 5 colour figures. Submitted to Icarus

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.013

A new analysis of the Lunar Prospector epithermal neutron data is presented, providing an improved map of the distribution of hydrogen near to the lunar poles. This is achieved using a specially developed pixon image reconstruction algorithm to deconvolve the instrumental response of the Lunar Prospector's neutron spectrometer from the observed data, while simultaneously suppressing the statistical noise. The results show that these data alone require the hydrogen to be concentrated into the cold traps at up to 1 wt% water-equivalent hydrogen. This combination of localisation and high concentration suggests that the hydrogen is present either in the form of a volatile compound or as solar wind protons implanted into small regolith grains.

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