Date: November 20, 2011
Title: How Cold is the Moon?
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson and Dr. Benjamin Greenhagen
Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI)
Links: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/
Diviner website: http://diviner.ucla.edu/
Ben Greenhagen: http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Greenhagen/
Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/
Description: How cold is it on the Moon? An instrument now orbiting the Moon, the Diviner Lunar Radiometer is one of seven instruments aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and it is providing all the icy details!
Bios: The NLSI brings together leading lunar scientists from around the world to further NASA lunar science and exploration.
Dr. Benjamin Greenhagen is a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His primary research interests center on remote sensing of airless bodies such as the Moon, Mercury and asteroids, with an emphasis on thermal spectroscopy. Dr. Greenhagen currently serves as the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Diviner Lunar Radiometer onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Diviner launched in 2009 and continues to return a unique dataset that enables Dr. Greenhagen and the Diviner science team to understand the thermal and compositional properties of the lunar surface.
Nancy Atkinson is a science journalist and is the Senior Editor for Universe Today.
Sponsor: This episode of “365 Days of Astronomy” has been sponsored by Chester Chua. “I’d like to lovingly dedicate this podcast to Renee,my wonderful Wife, Partner, my Enabler. Happy Birthday!!!”
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