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{{Short description|Radiometer used in NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission}}
'''Diviner''', also referred to as the '''Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment''' ('''DLRE'''), is an [[Physics:Infrared|infrared]] [[Physics:Radiometer|radiometer]] aboard [[Organization:NASA|NASA]]'s [[Astronomy:Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter|Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]], part of the [[Astronomy:Lunar Precursor Robotic Program|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 {{convert|-247|C|F}} in a crater at the northern pole and {{convert|-238|C|F}} in craters at the southern pole.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.space.com/18175-moon-temperature.html |title=What is the Temperature on the Moon? |work=Space.com |first=Tim |last=Sharp |date=27 October 2017 |access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref> On 9 October 2009, the Diviner team announced the detection of a hot spot on the Moon at the location of the [[Astronomy:LCROSS|LCROSS]] spacecraft impact site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diviner.ucla.edu/blog/?p=184 |title=Diviner Observes LCROSS Impact |publisher=University of California, Los Angeles |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=9 June 2016 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809103637/http://www.diviner.ucla.edu/blog/?p=184 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://diviner.ucla.edu/ Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment] at UCLA

[[Category:Spacecraft instruments]]
[[Category:Radiometry]]

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