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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2018.05.0473

Research Review and Significance of Lunar Water Originated from Solar Wind

  • Xiandi Zeng ,
  • Hong Tang ,
  • Xiongyao Li ,
  • Ziyuan Ouyang ,
  • Shijie Wang
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  • 1.Lunar and Planetary Science Research Center, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,China
    3.Key Laboratory of Space Manufacturing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094,China
    4.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China

First author:Zeng Xiandi(1992-), male, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Master student. Research areas include lunar planetary science.E-mail:zengxiandi@mail.gyig.ac.cn

*Corresponding author:Tang Hong(1984-), female, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, Associate professor. Research areas include lunar planetary science.E-mail:tanghong@vip.gyig.ac.cn

Received date: 2018-01-01

  Revised date: 2018-04-10

  Online published: 2018-06-13

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China “Experimental comparison of the solar wind-produced water in lunar main silicates minerals”(No.41773066);Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS.

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Abstract

Water plays an important role in the evolution history of terrestrial planets and is also an indispensable resource for space exploration. The moon was used to be thought as “bone-dry”. However, this view was challenged by the latest achievements. Both the infrared remote sensing data and Apollo sample results have shown that some hydroxyl (and even H2O) can be produced by the reaction between the solar wind proton and regolith mineral on the Moon. A series of theoretical analysis and simulated ion implantation experiments have been carried out to discuss such processes. Many issues related to the solar wind-produced water have not been well understood yet, e.g., the formation mechanism, influencing factors, occurrence state, migration, and retention. To answer these questions, it is necessary to investigate the formation mechanism and migration of solar wind-produced water based on the Change’e-5 returned samples in the future. These studies can not only can provide clues for the exploitation and utilization of water on the Moon, but also help us to understand the origin and evolution of water on other airless terrestrial planets.

Key words： Lunar water; Solar wind; Infrared spectra; Lunar regolith; Ions implantation.

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Xiandi Zeng , Hong Tang , Xiongyao Li , Ziyuan Ouyang , Shijie Wang . Research Review and Significance of Lunar Water Originated from Solar Wind[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2018 , 33(5) : 473 -482 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2018.05.0473

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