Cabeous Crater Lunar South Pole (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Cabeous Crater Lunar South Pole

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SwRI scientists joined a team that reanalyzed and modeled materials ejected by an impact into the Moon’s Cabeus crater a decade ago. The new findings suggest that volatile materials in the permanently shaded region near the lunar south pole were likely delivered by a comet.

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USGS

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