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The method we developed for searching for water and other minerals on the Moon was previously tested on the example of Earth and Mars (Chuikova et al., 2014, 2019, 2020). The essence of the technique is that, based only on space data on the gravitational field and the relief of the planet, the most likely depths of isostatic compensation of the relief masses are uniquely determined, and the distribution of compensating masses at these depts is constructed. It is particularly important to apply this technique to the far side of the Moon, where possible places of deposits of water and other volatile elements (for example, helium-3) under lowlands and deposits of dense rocks under highlands are found. For the purpose of verification, the locations of maskons on the Earth were determined using a similar method and the possible locations of volatile and other mineral reserves were found to correspond to previously explored deposits. REFERENCES: [1] Chuikova N.A., Nasonova L.P.,Maksimova T.G. Density, stress, and gravity anomalies in the interiors of the Earth and Mars and the probable geodynamical implications: comparative analysis // Izvestiya. Physics of the Solid Earth. 2014. V. 50, No. 3. P. 427-443. [2] Chuikova N.A., Nasonova L.P.,Maksimova T.G. The new method to found the anomalous internal structute of terrestrial planets and its test on the Earth. IAG Symp. Ser., 2014b, vol.144, no. 195. pp. 209-219 . https://doi.org / 10.1007/978-3-319-39820-4. [3] Chuikova N.A., Nasonova L.P.,Maksimova T.G. A new solution to the inverse gravimetry problem for terrestrial planets and its verification for the Earth, in Astronomiya, geodeziya I geofizika (Astronomy, Geodesy, and Geophysics),- Moscow: Tsentr Geodez., Kartogr. Infrastr. Prostranstvennykh Dannykh, 2018, pp. 90-113. [4] Chuikova N.A., Rodionova Zh.F., Maksimova T.G. and Grishakina E.A. Analysis of Lunar Terrain Altitudes and Correlation Links between the Terrain and Gravitational Field; Preliminary Conclusions on the Global Density Inhomogeneities of the Lunar Crust. // Solar System Research, 2019, Vol. 53, No. 3. P. 161–171. [5] Chuikova N.A., Nasonova L.P.,Maksimova T.G. Determination of Global Density Inhomogeneities Inside the Moon // Sol. Syst. Res. 2020. V. 54. No 4. P. 1–12).