Evidence for Water Ice Near Mercury’s North Pole from MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer Measurements

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Lawrence, David J., Feldman, William C., Goldsten, John O., Maurice, Sylvestre, Peplowski, Patrick N., Anderson, Brian J., Bazell, David, McNutt, Ralph L., Nittler, Larry R., Prettyman, Thomas H., Rodgers, Douglas J., Solomon, Sean C., Weider, Shoshana Z.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2013
• Subjects: North Pole; Paige
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1229953; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1229953

Wet Mercury Radar observations of Mercury's poles in the 1990s revealed regions of high backscatter that were interpreted as indicative of thick deposits of water ice; however, other explanations have also been proposed (see the Perspective by Lucey ). MESSENGER neutron data reported by Lawrenc...