Lunar Prospector
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Lunar Prospector was a NASA lunar orbiter mission that mapped the Moon’s surface composition and gravity field and provided strong evidence for the presence of water ice at the lunar poles.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spacecraft
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lunar orbiter ⓘ planetary science mission ⓘ |
| apoapsisBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
Alpha Particle Spectrometer
NERFINISHED
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Doppler Gravity Experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ Electron Reflectometer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma-Ray Spectrometer NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnetometer ⓘ Neutron Spectrometer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confirmedPresenceOf | enhanced hydrogen at lunar poles ⓘ |
| costCategory | low-cost planetary mission ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| discovery | strong evidence for water ice at lunar poles ⓘ |
| endOfMission | 1999-07-31 ⓘ |
| extendedMissionDuration | approximately 6 months ⓘ |
| foundEvidenceOf | water ice in permanently shadowed craters ⓘ |
| impactedBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impactSite | near lunar south pole ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 1998-01-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Station Space Launch Complex 46 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Athena II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionTermination | deliberate impact into lunar surface ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar orbiter mission
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lunar science mission ⓘ |
| objective |
map lunar gravity field
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map lunar surface composition ⓘ search for water ice at lunar poles ⓘ study lunar magnetic field ⓘ study lunar outgassing ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA Ames Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitType | polar lunar orbit ⓘ |
| periapsisBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar powered spacecraft ⓘ |
| primaryMissionDuration | 1 year ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scientificResult |
constraints on distribution of polar hydrogen deposits
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detailed lunar gravity field model ⓘ global maps of lunar elemental composition ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | spin-stabilized spacecraft ⓘ |
| stabilization | spin-stabilized ⓘ |
| suggestedPresenceOf | water ice mixed with regolith at lunar poles ⓘ |
| target | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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