LRO Press Release and Press Conference |
LRO Press Release and Press Conference |
Sep 18 2009, 01:06 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 17-September 09 Member No.: 4945 |
Here is a video of the press conference today (9/17/2009):
http://www.youtube.com/profile?v=59aaOW33a...=NASAtelevision And here is a link to the press release: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/H...irst_Light.html A link to the fascinating results for the south polar region from the instrument I work on, Diviner: http://www.diviner.ucla.edu/blog/?p=123 Within the permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, Diviner has recorded the what could be the coldest natural temperatures in the Solar System. Further mapping by LRO, along with the results from LCROSS, may reveal important volatiles like water and possibly organic molecules are trapped in these frigid confines. PH |
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Sep 19 2009, 06:28 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
It's amazing how much they look like normal images! Temperature must correlate pretty well with sun angle. The fact that the crater look deeper probably means that the temperature with solar angle is a steeper function than reflected light with solar angle (or something like that). And spatial resolution is great.
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