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Lunar Prospector Hydrogen Concentration - South Pole
In 1998 NASA's Lunar Prospector mission used the presence of hydrogen as a sign of potential ice deposits. As you can see in this video, Prospector data showed significantly more hydrogen at the south pole of the moon (areas colored blue). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will build on this data and narrow down the regions that may contain water ice deposits.

This animation shows evidence of high concentrations of hydrogen at the south pole of the Moon.    This animation shows evidence of high concentrations of hydrogen at the south pole of the Moon.
Duration: 12.0 seconds
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Print resolution still image of hydrogen concentration over the south pole of the Moon, as detected by Lunar Prospector.    Print resolution still image of hydrogen concentration over the south pole of the Moon, as detected by Lunar Prospector.

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Animation Number:3480
Completed:2008-09-25
Animators:Ernie Wright (UMBC) (Lead)
 Alex Kekesi (GST)
Producer:Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist:Noah Petro (ORAU)
Writer:Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:LRO
 Lunar Prospector/Neutron Spectrometer
Data Collected:December, 2001
Series:Lunar Prospector
 The Moon
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Lunar Prospector
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio


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