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Science 10 October 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3902, pp. 215 - 218
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3902.215
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Moon: Infrared Studies of Surface Composition

D. P. Cruikshank 1

1 Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tuicson 85721

Infrared reflectance studies of small lunar regions reveal several absorption bands which match those of ferrous iron in laboratory spectra of olivines and orthopyroxenes. The craters Kepler and Aristarchus exhibit absorption bands suggestive of orthopyroxene, whereas the background mare material shows a band probably due to olivine.


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