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Diviner (radiometer)

Radiometer used in NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission

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This article is about the NASA radiometer. "Diviner" may also refer to a practitioner of divination. For the album by Hayden Thorpe, see [Diviner (album)

Diviner, also referred to as the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment (DLRE), is an [infrared radiometer aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, part of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program which is studying the Moon. It has been used to create temperature maps of the Moon's surface, as well as detect ice deposits and surface composition.

The instrument has measured temperatures of -247 C in a crater at the northern pole and -238 C in craters at the southern pole. On 9 October 2009, the Diviner team announced the detection of a hot spot on the Moon at the location of the LCROSS spacecraft impact site.

References

Sharp, Tim. (27 October 2017). "What is the Temperature on the Moon?". Space.com.
(9 October 2009). "Diviner Observes LCROSS Impact". University of California, Los Angeles.

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