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Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1

Overview of attention for article published in Science, September 2009
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Title
Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1
Published in
Science, September 2009
DOI 10.1126/science.1178658
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Authors

C. M. Pieters, J. N. Goswami, R. N. Clark, M. Annadurai, J. Boardman, B. Buratti, J.-P. Combe, M. D. Dyar, R. Green, J. W. Head, C. Hibbitts, M. Hicks, P. Isaacson, R. Klima, G. Kramer, S. Kumar, E. Livo, S. Lundeen, E. Malaret, T. McCord, J. Mustard, J. Nettles, N. Petro, C. Runyon, M. Staid, J. Sunshine, L. A. Taylor, S. Tompkins, P. Varanasi

Abstract

The search for water on the surface of the anhydrous Moon had remained an unfulfilled quest for 40 years. However, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) on Chandrayaan-1 has recently detected absorption features near 2.8 to 3.0 micrometers on the surface of the Moon. For silicate bodies, such features are typically attributed to hydroxyl- and/or water-bearing materials. On the Moon, the feature is seen as a widely distributed absorption that appears strongest at cooler high latitudes and at several fresh feldspathic craters. The general lack of correlation of this feature in sunlit M3 data with neutron spectrometer hydrogen abundance data suggests that the formation and retention of hydroxyl and water are ongoing surficial processes. Hydroxyl/water production processes may feed polar cold traps and make the lunar regolith a candidate source of volatiles for human exploration.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 7 2%
Germany 3 1%
India 2 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Puerto Rico 1 <1%
Unknown 264 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 73 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 54 19%
Student > Master 27 10%
Student > Bachelor 23 8%
Professor 13 5%
Other 45 16%
Unknown 47 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 89 32%
Physics and Astronomy 66 23%
Engineering 28 10%
Chemistry 11 4%
Computer Science 11 4%
Other 19 7%
Unknown 58 21%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 195. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 January 2024.
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#204,599
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#5,875
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#435
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#13
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