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Lunar poles may cover ice sheets
- Source :
- Aviation Week & Space Technology. Oct 12, 1998, Vol. 149 Issue 15, p24, 2 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- The Lunar Prospector vehicle found strong indications that large amounts of ice may lay beneath the polar surfaces of the Moon. The vehicle used neutron spectometry to discover the possibility that an estimated 3 billion metric tons of water are present in the Moon.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00052175
- Volume :
- 149
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.21269887