Ice deposits at the poles of the Moon and Mercury

Professor David A. Paige, University of California, Los Angeles, is visiting Centre for Ice and Climate. David A. Paige is renowned for his research on extraterrestrial ice and climate research, e.g. the ice on the polar caps and climate of Mars, the ice deposits on Mercury and the Moon; and the polar caps of Pluto and Triton. On Thursday, February 7, David A. Paige will talk about some of his recent work, and Friday, February 8, he will be a part of the evaluation committee of the PhD defence of Karen G. Schmidt.

Abstract:

      Ice deposits at the poles of the Moon and Mercury

      David A. Paige
      Professor of Planetary Science
      Department of Earth and Space Sciences
      University of California, Los Angeles

      Thursday February 7 at 12:30.
      Centre for Ice and Climate, Room 235, Rockefeller building, Juliane
    Maries Vej 30, 2100     Copenhagen Ø.

      The notion that water ice might be cold trapped in the permanently
    shadowed regions of the lunar poles was first proposed over forty
    years ago. Today, we have excellent evidence for ice at the poles of
    Mercury, but only fragmentary evidence for ice on the moon. The next
    wave of spacecraft bound for the Moon and Mercury may provide
    answers to outstanding questions regarding the nature, origin and
    history of ice at the poles of both planets, as well as clues on deeper
    questions regarding the origin of atmospheres, oceans, and life in the
    inner solar system.

Contact: Sune Olander Rasmussen, Centre for Ice and Climate, olander@gfy.ku.dk, Phone +45 35 32 05 90