One of Lunar Prospector's five scientific instruments, a neutron spectrometer, is expected to provide a definitive answer to the water question.
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Three of its half-dozen instruments, two neutron spectrometers and a gamma ray spectrometer, are involved in the complicated search for water.
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The Lunar Prospector spacecraft carried a neutron spectrometer that could be used to detect the presence of large concentrations of hydrogen.
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One of its sensors _ a neutron spectrometer _ will measure scientific properties of the moon, including its emission of hydrogen gas.
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The ice was found by an instrument called a neutron spectrometer, designed to study the chemical composition of the moon's soil and rock.
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The two neutron detectors-the neutron spectrometer and the high-energy neutron detector-are mounted on the main spacecraft structure and operated continuously throughout the mapping mission.
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In 1946 he joined the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, as Senior Scientific Officer commencing research in nuclear physics, developing among the earliest neutron spectrometers.
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A neutron spectrometer on board the Lunar Prospector spacecraft detected enhanced concentrations of hydrogen close to the northern and southern lunar poles, including the crater Shackleton.
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With a sensitivity of 10 parts per million, the neutron spectrometer should be able to easily detect significantly higher concentrations that would infer the presence of ice.
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Based on Lunar Prospector Neutron Spectrometer ( NS ) data, mission scientists have determined that there is indeed water ice in the polar craters of the Moon.
