Water Released from Moon During Meteor Showers: Animations
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- Visualizations by:
- Brian Monroe
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Scientists have discovered that water is being released from the moon during meteor showers. When a speck of comet debris strikes the moon it vaporizes on impact, creating a shock wave in the lunar soil. For a sufficiently large impactor, this shock wave can breach the soil’s dry upper layer and release water molecules from a hydrated layer below. The LADEE spacecraft detects these water molecules as they enter the tenuous lunar atmosphere.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animators
- Brian Monroe (USRA) [Lead]
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Scientists
- Dana Hurley (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
- Mehdi Benna (UMBC)
- Richard Elphic (NASA/ARC)
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Art director
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
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ID: 20202 Animation
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ID: 11345 Produced Video
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ID: 13078 Produced Video
Water Released from Moon During Meteor Showers
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