Temperature, Reflectance Point to Frost near the Moon's Poles
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Scientists studying data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have found evidence of surface frost near the poles on the Moon. Elizabeth Fisher, Paul Lucey, and their colleagues combined temperature data from LRO's Diviner instrument with reflectance from its laser altimeter (LOLA) to find places that are cold enough and shiny enough to indicate the possible presence of surface water ice. Their results appear in the August, 2017 issue of the journal Icarus.
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- Ernie Wright (USRA) [Lead]
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- Elizabeth Zubritsky (ADNET)
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- Elizabeth Fisher (Brown University)
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- David Ladd (AIMM)
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LRO (Collected with the Diviner sensor)
LRO (Collected with the LOLA sensor)
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