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American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Research Letters, 12(37), p. n/a-n/a, 2010

DOI: 10.1029/2010gl042889

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Spatial distribution of lunar polar hydrogen deposits after KAGUYA (SELENE)

Journal article published in 2010 by Luis F. A. Teodoro, V. R. Eke ORCID, R. S. Elphic, R. C. Elphic
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Although controversial in its physical form, there is mounting evidence of hydrogen enhancements at the lunar poles. The permanently shadowed locales are potential sites for significant concentrations of cold‐trapped volatiles, including water ice. We derive maps of the lunar hydrogen distribution near the poles by applying a pixon image reconstruction algorithm to the Lunar Prospector epithermal neutron data coupled with a new map of cold trap locations derived from the KAGUYA (SELENE) altimetry measurements. The results presented in this article require the hydrogen to be concentrated into “cold traps.”