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Science 16 December 1994:
Vol. 266. no. 5192, pp. 1851 - 1854
DOI: 10.1126/science.266.5192.1851
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The South Pole Region of the Moon as Seen by Clementine

E. M. Shoemaker 1, M. S. Robinson 2, and E. M. Eliason 2

1 U.S. Geological Survey and Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
2 U. S. Geological Survery, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

The Clementine mission has provided the first comprehensive set of high-resolution images of the south pole region of the moon. Within 5° of latitude of the pole, an area of an estimated 30,000 square kilometers remained in shadow during a full lunar rotation and is a promising target for future exploration for ice deposits. The Schrödinger Basin (320 kilometers in diameter), centered at 75°S, is one of the two youngest, least modified, great multiring impact basins on the moon. A large maar-type volcano localized along a graben within the Schrödinger Basin probably erupted between 1 and 2 billion years ago.

Submitted on August 24, 1994
Accepted on October 25, 1994


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