Lunar North Polar Cold Traps Based on Diurnally and Seasonally Varying Temperatures

IF 3.8 Q2 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS The Planetary Science Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-30 DOI:10.3847/psj/ad49a8
Norbert Schörghofer, Jean-Pierre Williams and Erwan Mazarico
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Lunar cold traps are defined by extremely low sublimation rates, such that water ice could have accumulated in them. Here time-averaged sublimation rates are calculated for the north polar region of the Moon based on over 14 years of Diviner surface temperature measurements. Data for each spatial pixel are binned according to subsolar (diurnal) and ecliptic (seasonal) longitude. The cold trap area poleward of 80°N is about 32% larger when defined by a time-average sublimation rate instead of by peak temperature. Apparently sunlit cold traps are identified, e.g., in Lenard Crater, where modeling of direct illumination reveals that the Sun briefly rises above the horizon each Draconic year. The true cold trap area is smaller than what can be determined from Diviner data. Also presented are north polar maps for the potential sublimation rate of relic buried ice and for subsurface cold trapping.
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基于昼夜和季节性温度变化的月球北极冷阱
月球冷阱的定义是极低的升华率,因此水冰可能在其中积聚。这里根据 14 年多的占卜者表面温度测量数据,计算了月球北极地区的时间平均升华率。每个空间像素的数据根据副太阳经度(昼夜经度)和黄道经度(季节经度)进行分类。如果用时间平均升华率而不是峰值温度来定义,北纬 80° 以北的冷阱面积要大 32%。在莱纳德陨石坑等地发现了明显的太阳光冷阱,那里的直接光照模型显示,每一个德拉克里克年太阳都会短暂地升到地平线以上。真正的冷阱面积比占卜者数据所能确定的要小。此外,还介绍了埋藏在地下的残冰的潜在升华率和地表下冷阱的北极地图。
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The Planetary Science Journal
The Planetary Science Journal Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geophysics
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