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Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts

Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts

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Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts

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Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature geoscience, 2019-05, Vol.12 (5), p.333-338

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Analyses of samples from the Apollo missions suggest that the Moon formed devoid of native water. However, recent observations by Cassini, Deep Impact, Lunar Prospector and Chandrayaan-1 indicate the existence of an active water cycle on the Moon. Here we report observations of this water cycle, specifically detections of near-surface water release...

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Lunar soil hydration constrained by exospheric water liberated by meteoroid impacts

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7306913

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7306913

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1752-0894

E-ISSN

1752-0908

DOI

10.1038/s41561-019-0345-3

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