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Constraints on the volatile distribution within Shackleton crater at the lunar south pole

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  • Maria T. Zuber

    (Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • James W. Head

    (Brown University)

  • David E. Smith

    (Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Gregory A. Neumann

    (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • Erwan Mazarico

    (Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Mark H. Torrence

    (Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies)

  • Oded Aharonson

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Alexander R. Tye

    (Brown University)

  • Caleb I. Fassett

    (Brown University)

  • Margaret A. Rosenburg

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • H. Jay Melosh

    (Purdue University)

Abstract

Observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter reveal the Moon’s Shackleton crater to be an ancient, unusually well-preserved simple crater whose interior walls are younger than its floor and rim; the relative brightness of the floor at 1,064 nanometres is most readily explained by minimal volatile accumulation since crater formation and decreased space weathering due to permanent shadow.

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  • Maria T. Zuber & James W. Head & David E. Smith & Gregory A. Neumann & Erwan Mazarico & Mark H. Torrence & Oded Aharonson & Alexander R. Tye & Caleb I. Fassett & Margaret A. Rosenburg & H. Jay Melosh, 2012. "Constraints on the volatile distribution within Shackleton crater at the lunar south pole," Nature, Nature, vol. 486(7403), pages 378-381, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7403:d:10.1038_nature11216
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11216
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