Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole: The Influence of Condensed Volatiles on Surface Roughness at the Moon’s South Pole

• Published in: The Planetary Science Journal
• Main Authors: Lizeth O. Magaña, Parvathy Prem, Ariel N. Deutsch, Anna C. Martin, Heather M. Meyer, Caleb I. Fassett, Michael K. Barker, Angela Stickle, Benjamin D. Byron, Kathleen E. Mandt, Kurt D. Retherford
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2024
• Subjects: The Moon; Lunar craters; Lunar surface; Astronomy; QB1-991; Brisbane; Lola; Nobile; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad18da; https://doaj.org/article/adfa7b57bbad437c8ee0b94668d3ad31

Condensed volatiles within lunar permanently shadowed regions are of high scientific and resource utilization importance. Volatiles remain elusive and difficult to observe directly, due to low direct solar illumination. In this work, we investigate correlations between, as well as possible effects o...