T224 New Moon Rising: The Latest Geologic Results from the Lunar Surface
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
213BC
LRO DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT RESULTS
Paper number: T224-9
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
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Abstract
The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been mapping the moon nearly continuously since July, 2009. The instrument is acquiring thermal emission and solar reflectance data in nine spectral channels spanning a wavelength range from 0.3 to 400 microns, at spatial resolutions ranging from 0.2 to 1.3 km. Diviner’s lunar infrared dataset is the most extensive in terms latitude and local time coverage for any planetary body, including the Earth. Diviner's observations are revealing the extreme nature of the lunar thermal environment and its diurnal and seasonal variability, as well as novel aspects of the moon’s composition and the nature of volatiles cold-trapped at the lunar poles.