Constraints on the volatile distribution within Shackleton crater at the lunar south pole

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Zuber, Maria T., Head, James W., Smith, David E., Neumann, Gregory A., Mazarico, Erwan, Torrence, Mark H., Aharonson, Oded, Tye, Alexander R., Fassett, Caleb I., Rosenburg, Margaret A., Melosh, H. Jay
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
• Subjects: Lola; Shackleton; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11216

Shackleton crater is nearly coincident with the Moon's south pole. Its interior receives almost no direct sunlight and is a perennial cold trap, making Shackleton a promising candidate location in which to seek sequestered volatiles. However, previous orbital and Earth-based radar mapping and o...