Diviner Lunar Radiometer,

David A Paige1, Matthew A Siegler, Jo Ann Zhang

  • 1Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. dap@moon.ucla.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 23, 2010
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まとめ

月面の気温は氷やその他の揮発性物質を捕まえるのに十分寒い. 月球クレーター観測・センシング・サテライト (LCROSS) ミッションは,これらの化合物の存在を確認し,太陽系外部の天体から発送されたことを示唆しました.

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