Impacting Lunar Prospector in a Cold Trap to Detect Water Ice

7/16/99


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Table of Contents

PPT Slide

Reasons for Ice

Locations of Lunar Ice

Observations of Ice and Shadow

Clementine Bistatic Radar Experiment

Arecibo Radar Results

LP Neutron Spectrometer Results

Topography of the Lunar South Pole

Permanently Shaded Regions at South Pole

Illumination at the Lunar South Pole

Arecibo Radar Results

LP Impact Maneuver Design

LP Impact Constraints

LP Groundtrack Over Radar Image

LP Groundtrack on Topography

Lunar Prospector Impact Profile

What Happens Upon Impact?

What to Look For?

Lunar Prospector Observing Program

Distribution of H20/OH over Sunlit Face

Average Plume with 100 Sec Images

Impact Simulations

Author: Center for Space Research

Email: nerem@csr.utexas.edu