Permanent shadow in simple craters near the lunar poles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Bussey, D Ben J ^a   Lucey, Paul G ^a   Steutel, Donovan ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b   Spudis, Paul D ^c   Edwards, Kay D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Q and D Programming   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LUNAR MISSIONS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; POLES;

CRATERS; CRATER SIZES; LUNAR POLAR REGIONS; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SHADOWED REGIONS; SOUTH POLE;

GEOPHYSICS; MOON;

CRATER; MOON; POLAR REGION;

EID: 0042691814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016180     Document Type: Article

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