Diviner lunar radiometer observations of cold traps in the moon's south polar region

David A. Paige; Matthew A. Siegler; Jo Ann Zhang; Paul O. Hayne; Emily J. Foote; Kristen A. Bennett; Ashwin R. Vasavada; Benjamin T. Greenhagen; John T. Schofield; Daniel J. McCleese; Marc C. Foote; Eric DeJong; Bruce G. Bills; Wayne Hartford; Bruce C. Murray; Carlton C. Allen; Kelly Snook; Laurence A. Soderblom; Simon Calcutt; Fredric W. Taylor; Neil E. Bowles; Joshua L. Bandfield; Richard Elphic; Rebecca Ghent; Timothy D. Glotch; Michael B. Wyatt; Paul G. Lucey

doi:10.1126/science.1187726

Diviner lunar radiometer observations of cold traps in the moon's south polar region

David A. Paige
, Matthew A. Siegler
, Jo Ann Zhang
, Paul O. Hayne
, Emily J. Foote
, Kristen A. Bennett
, Ashwin R. Vasavada
, Benjamin T. Greenhagen
, John T. Schofield
, Daniel J. McCleese
, Marc C. Foote
, Eric DeJong
, Bruce G. Bills
, Wayne Hartford
, Bruce C. Murray
, Carlton C. Allen
, Kelly Snook
, Laurence A. Soderblom
, Simon Calcutt
, Fredric W. Taylor

Neil E. Bowles, Joshua L. Bandfield, Richard Elphic, Rebecca Ghent, Timothy D. Glotch, Michael B. Wyatt, Paul G. Lucey

Geosciences

Stony Brook University

University of California at Los Angeles
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
NASA Johnson Space Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
United States Geological Survey
University of Oxford
University of Washington
NASA Ames Research Center
University of Toronto
Brown University
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

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Abstract

Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment surface-temperature maps reveal the existence of widespread surface and near-surface cryogenic regions that extend beyond the boundaries of persistent shadow. The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) struck one of the coldest of these regions, where subsurface temperatures are estimated to be 38 kelvin. Large areas of the lunar polar regions are currently cold enough to cold-trap water ice as well as a range of both more volatile and less volatile species. The diverse mixture of water and high-volatility compounds detected in the LCROSS ejecta plume is strong evidence for the impact delivery and cold-trapping of volatiles derived from primitive outer solar system bodies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	479-482
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	330
Issue number	6003
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1187726
State	Published - Oct 22 2010

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Paige, D. A., Siegler, M. A., Zhang, J. A., Hayne, P. O., Foote, E. J., Bennett, K. A., Vasavada, A. R., Greenhagen, B. T., Schofield, J. T., McCleese, D. J., Foote, M. C., DeJong, E., Bills, B. G., Hartford, W., Murray, B. C., Allen, C. C., Snook, K., Soderblom, L. A., Calcutt, S., ... Lucey, P. G. (2010). Diviner lunar radiometer observations of cold traps in the moon's south polar region. Science, 330(6003), 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1187726

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