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Image of Clavius crater on the Moon. Recent research results from the south pole of the moon, confirms the existence of a cold trap of carbon dioxide.
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Nationalgeographic.co.id—After decades of uncertainty, researchers have finally confirmed the existence of a cold trap carbon dioxide from month potentially contain carbon dioxide congested. This discovery will likely have a major influence in shaping the mission month in the future and could have an impact on the feasibility of a sustainable human or robotic presence in month.
In permanently shaded areas at the poles month us, the temperature drops below, even colder than Pluto’s coldest regions, allowing for a cold trap carbon dioxide. In this cold trap, molecules carbon dioxide can freeze and remain solid even during peak temperatures in summer month.
Future human or robot explorers can use carbon dioxide solid in this cold trap to produce fuel or materials to live in month longer. Carbon dioxide and other potentially volatile organic matter can also help scientists better understand the origins of water and other elements in month.
Although cold traps have been predicted by planetary scientists for years, this new study is the first to unequivocally establish and map the existence of cold traps. carbon dioxide. To find the coldest place on the surface month, the researchers had to analyze 11 years of temperature data from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, an instrument that flew above NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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