Review Reports

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

I have reviewed the manuscript titled "A Physical and Spectroscopic Survey of the Lunar South Pole with the Galileo Telescope of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory," which presents visible spectroscopic observation methods of the lunar South Pole from the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory, Italy. Furthermore, the manuscript presents very interesting results from the preliminary observational campaign. The authors have justified very well why the Earth-based observations are relevant and complementary to the spectroscopic probes orbiting the Moon and also other near-infrared spectroscopic observations from the Earth. I enjoyed reading and I have found the paper to be technically sound, with carefully conducted experiments. I believe this paper strongly deserves to be published in its current form, as it adds significant value to the community.

 

Minor optional suggestions:

 

 

• The Discussion section needs the authors attention. Please compare your high spectral resolution results with previous works from space-based visible spectroscopic observations.
• Line 269: "Most spectra found in the literature are taken in a wide spectral range, generally from the infrared region." Please cite relevant infrared wavelength spectrum works for the benefit of the readers.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

line 265 - instruments

line 274  - analysis 

line 399 - thinning 

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

After careful reading, I believe that this article performs well in both content and experimental results, and I suggest minor revisions. 1. The introduction should strengthen the research motivation. 2. It is suggested to add an analysis of the factors affecting the moon.

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