Polar endeavours

Timothy D. Swindle ()
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Timothy D. Swindle: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona

Nature, 1999, vol. 399, issue 6738, 738-738

Abstract: Analyses of images taken by the Clementine spacecraft have provided striking maps of solar illumination at the lunar south pole. Crater edges at the pole may be sunlit up to 80% of the time, while crater floors may be in permanent shadow. Both conditions have implications for the possibility of building bases on the Moon — the first for the positioning of solar arrays, the second for the availability of water.

Date: 1999
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