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 22 2009, 12:08 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 17-August 06 Member No.: 1048 |
Shoemaker crater is one crater that looks possibly icy to me. I know (now) that Lunar Prospector was crashed into that crater in hopes of detecting water, without success. I think Shoemaker is still promising, though. Faustini is also interesting. The crater on the rim of Nobile nearest Shoemaker is another. I'll add Idel'son L (the areas in the direction of Amundsen) and the crater just below Faustini in Figure 6 on the Diviner blog page for Sept. 17. That's around longitude 100. Shackleton at the south pole is interesting too.
The north looks less interesting than the south, but I think Rozhdestvenskiy U at about 85, 150, and the crater just north of it at about 86, 150 are interesting. NASA Watch is saying there will be a press conference Thursday Sept. 24 that will discuss Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper results which look like they'll shed some light on this issue. |
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