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SUBMITTER: Li S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6130389 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Shuai S Lucey Paul G PG Milliken Ralph E RE Hayne Paul O PO Fisher Elizabeth E Williams Jean-Pierre JP Hurley Dana M DM Elphic Richard C RC
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180820 36
Water ice may be allowed to accumulate in permanently shaded regions on airless bodies in the inner solar system such as Mercury, the Moon, and Ceres [Watson K, et al. (1961) <i>J Geophys Res</i> 66:3033-3045]. Unlike Mercury and Ceres, direct evidence for water ice exposed at the lunar surface has remained elusive. We utilize indirect lighting in regions of permanent shadow to report the detection of diagnostic near-infrared absorption features of water ice in reflectance spectra acquired by th ...[more]