Lunar Prospector

Lunar Prospector was a spacecraft that orbited the Moon for 19 months in 1998-99. From a low polar orbit, it mapped surface composition including lunar hydrogen deposits, measured magnetic and gravity fields, and studied lunar outgassing events. The mission ended July 31, 1999, when the orbiter was deliberately crashed into a crater near the lunar south pole.

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1998 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Discovery 3
artificial satellite, former entity, lunar orbiter, LM-100, Athena II, 

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Location: -87.7, 42, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1998-01-07T00:00:00Z

1998-01-07T00:00:00Z

1998 Lunar Prospector

1998-01-07T00:00:00Z

1998-01-07T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1999-07-31T00:00:00Z

1999-07-31T00:00:00Z

lunar impact

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Lunar Prospector Gravity map

Lunar Prospector Iron abundance map

Lunar Prospector Potassium abundance map

Lunar Prospector Hydrogen abundance map

Lunar Prospector Thorium abundance map

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• Petrologic Mapping of the Moon from Clementine and Lunar Prospector Data: Incorporation of New Thorium Data - conference paper published in 2000, Q1860, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Lunar Prospector Gravity map		Commons
commons	image		Lunar Prospector Iron abundance map		Commons
commons	image		Lunar Prospector Potassium abundance map		Commons
commons	image		Lunar Prospector Hydrogen abundance map		Commons
commons	image		Lunar Prospector Thorium abundance map		Commons
commons	image		78646main LPbrief		Commons
commons	image		78646main LPbrief		Commons
commons	image		OPSLP PN		Commons
commons	image		PIA16586 hires		Commons