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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
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I don't know about "much," but the general surface receives less solar radiance,
royable
Aug 2023
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Blues Heron
(6,549 posts)1. Ice might be there in relative abundance
question everything
(49,745 posts)3. Thank you
indigoth
(172 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
(49,745 posts)4. Thank you. Will the same robot be able to find ice there?
royable
(1,413 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
(70,772 posts)5. the dark side is already taken nt
lastlib
(25,504 posts)11. ("There is no dark side of the moon....
Matter of fact, it's ALL dark."......)
roamer65
(37,488 posts)7. Water.
royable
(1,413 posts)8. Interactive map of every prior successful lunar soft landing:
question everything
(49,745 posts)9. Wow! That's amazing. The Indian one has yet to be added
Thank you for posting
NNadir
(35,294 posts)10. Nice question and nice answers. n/t.