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Related: About this forumis there something special about the South Pole of the moon, where the India's robot landed?
Where did NASA vehicles land?
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is there something special about the South Pole of the moon, where the India's robot landed? (Original Post)
question everything
Aug 2023
OP
I don't know about "much," but the general surface receives less solar radiance,
royable
Aug 2023
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Blues Heron
(6,097 posts)1. Ice might be there in relative abundance
question everything
(48,720 posts)3. Thank you
indigoth
(162 posts)2. Yes
Much of the moons southern pole is perpetually in shadow. And so, theres a better chance for there to be ice there.
question everything
(48,720 posts)4. Thank you. Will the same robot be able to find ice there?
royable
(1,364 posts)6. I don't know about "much," but the general surface receives less solar radiance,
and indeed, the interiors of rimmed craters or other depressions would never receive direct sunlight. So there's a non-negligible *fraction* of the surface which doesn't receive direct sunlight. There's always starshine so it wouldn't be pitch dark within the crater.
msongs
(70,086 posts)5. the dark side is already taken nt
lastlib
(24,790 posts)11. ("There is no dark side of the moon....
Matter of fact, it's ALL dark."......)
roamer65
(37,077 posts)7. Water.
royable
(1,364 posts)8. Interactive map of every prior successful lunar soft landing:
question everything
(48,720 posts)9. Wow! That's amazing. The Indian one has yet to be added
Thank you for posting
NNadir
(34,533 posts)10. Nice question and nice answers. n/t.