Evidence for Surface Water Ice in the Lunar Polar Regions Using Reflectance Measurements from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and Temperature Measurements from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment

• Main Authors: Zuber, Maria T., Siegler, Matthew A., Williams, Jean-Pierre, Lucey, Paul G., Smith, David E., Greenhagen, Benjamin T., Neumann, Gregory A., Fisher, Elizabeth A., Mazarico, Erwan, Aharonson, Oded, Lemelin, Myriam, Hayne, Paul O., Paige, David A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Geosciences (General); Hayne; North Pole; Shackleton; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170003782

We find that the reflectance of the lunar surface within 5 deg of latitude of theSouth Pole increases rapidly with decreasing temperature, near approximately 110K, behavior consistent with the presence of surface water ice. The North polar region does not show this behavior, nor do South polar surfa...