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Investigation Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.lunar_prospector::2.1
NAME LUNAR PROSPECTOR
TYPE Mission
DESCRIPTION
START DATE 1998-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
STOP DATE 1999-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
REFERENCES Binder, A.B., Lunar Prospector: Overview, Science, 281, 1475-1476, 1998.

Binder, A.B., W.C. Feldman, G.S. Hubbard, A.S. Konopliv, R.P. Lin, M.H. Acuna, and L.L. Hood, Lunar Prospector searches for polar ice, a metallic core, gas release events, and the moon's origin, Eos, Trans. AGU, 79, 97, 1998.

Konopliv, A. S., A. B. Binder, L. L. Hood, A. B. Kucinskas, W. L. Sjogren, and J. G. Williams, Improved gravity field of the moon from Lunar Prospector, Science, 281, 1476-1480, 1998.

NASA, Lunar Prospector Mission Page. 20 Sept. 2023. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lunar-prospector/