A newly-identified spectral reflectance signature near the lunar South pole and the South Pole-Aitken Basin

• Published in: Earth, Planets and Space
• Main Authors: Vilas, Faith, Jensen, Elizabeth A., Domingue, Deborah L., McFadden, Lucy A., Runyon, Cassandra J., Mendell, Wendell W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2008
• Subjects: Space and Planetary Science; Geology; Aitken; Indian; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bf03352763; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/BF03352763.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/BF03352763/fulltext.html; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/BF03352763

Abstract Signal analysis of Galileo images of the Moon suggests the presence of an absorption band centered near 0.7 μm in the reflectance spectra of areas located adjacent to the equatorward walls of lunar craters at latitudes ranging from −58 to −78°, and areas contained in the South Pole-Aitken B...