Hydrogen distribution in the lunar polar regions

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作者
Sanin, A. B. [1 ]
Mitrofanov, I. G. [1 ]
Litvak, M. L. [1 ]
Bakhtin, B. N. [1 ]
Bodnarik, J. G. [2 ]
Boynton, W. V. [2 ]
Chin, G. [3 ]
Evans, L. G. [3 ,4 ]
Harshman, K. [2 ]
Fedosov, F. [1 ]
Golovin, D. V. [1 ]
Kozyrev, A. S. [1 ]
Livengood, T. A. [3 ,5 ]
Malakhov, A. V. [1 ]
McClanahan, T. P. [3 ]
Mokrousov, M. I. [1 ]
Starr, R. D. [3 ,6 ]
Sagdeev, R. Z. [5 ]
Tret'yakov, V. I. [1 ]
Vostrukhin, A. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Space Res, Moscow 117997, Russia
[2] Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
[3] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Solar Syst Explorat Div, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[4] Comp Sci Corp, Lanham, MD 20706 USA
[5] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[6] Catholic Univ Amer, Washington, DC 20064 USA
基金
俄罗斯科学基金会;
关键词
Moon; surface; Regoliths; Ices; WATER ICE; RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER; GAMMA-RAY; MOON; SURFACE; POLES; PROSPECTOR; DEPOSITS; VOLATILES; HYDRATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.002
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present a method of conversion of the lunar neutron counting rate measured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) instrument collimated neutron detectors, to water equivalent hydrogen (WEH) in the top 1 m layer of lunar regolith. Polar maps of the Moon's inferred hydrogen abundance are presented and discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:20 / 30
页数:11
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