- A new study in
Nature Geoscience has determined that thecraters on Mercury and thecraters on the Moon 's South Pole are spatially similar. - Researchers compared the shadows of the craters in both regions.
- They have determined that its likely that the Moon's craters are similarly filled with ice vapour and water like the craters on Mercury.
Prior studies have already determined that Mercury’s craters shelter water and ice vapour. And, Chandrayaan 1’s crash landing onto the Moon discovered the $4
So, in order to determine the consistency of water inside the Moon’s craters, three researchers compared the the diameter to depth ratios of craters on Mercury and the Moon’s South Pole.
Their study published in $4 concludes that similar shadowed areas on both space bodies could indicate the same consistency of ice.
Millions of tonnes of ice
Researchers note that the thermal conditions of both space objects are similar in nature in their study.
Next, in order to compare the craters on Mercury and the Moon, they compared data from 2,000 shaded craters of Mercury against 12,000 similarly shaded craters on the Moon.
On Mercury, the LRO probe discovered that the craters on Mercury consisted of water and ice vapour. And, since the craters on the Moon are similar in their construction, they conclude that the material collecting in them is most likely ice as well.
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