Lunar Prospector Hydrogen Concentration - South Pole

  • Released Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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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.

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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This page was originally published on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.

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