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Hour-scale Variations of Water Molecules in the Lunar Soil Revealed by Chang’e-6 In Situ Observations

  • Authors: Siyue Chi, Xiaohui Fu, Jiang Zhang, Huizi Wang, Bradley L. Jolliff, Chengxiang Yin, Jin Li, Jinhang Li, Bo Li, Zhongchen Wu

Siyue Chi et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 997 .

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Caption: Figure 3.

Water (OH/H2O) content variations of three targets within the lunar hourly time interval (10:00–11:00 a.m.). The bottom axis is the UTC epoch in hours past t0, while the top axis shows the corresponding lunar LST at the Chang’e-6 landing site. The estimated water contents are marked with the red values in ppm. (a) Target-A with four measurements (D14, D19, D20, D23 in order). We used the first three data to calculate the apparent desorption activation energy (Ed) of water molecules (see Section 3). (b) Target-B with two measurements (D06, D18 in order). (c) Target-C with two measurements (D08, D21 in order).

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