Geography · Lunar Geography - South Pole
Why have the floors of certain deep craters at the Moon's south pole remained completely untouched by sunlight for billions of years?
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- 1Because the Earth permanently blocks solar radiation from reaching the lunar poles
- 2Due to dense clouds of lunar dust hovering permanently over the polar region
- 3Because the Moon's south pole always faces away from the Sun during its orbit
- 4Due to the very low angle of incidence of sunlight resulting from the Moon's small axial tilt✓
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Due to the very low angle of incidence of sunlight resulting from the Moon's small axial tilt
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