タイトル | Electrostatic dust transport and Apollo 17 LEAM experiment |
著者(英) | Rhee, J. W.; Wolf, H.; Berg, O. E. |
著者所属(英) | Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.|Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.|NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
発行日 | 1977-01-01 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | The Lunar Ejecta and Meteorite (LEAM) experiment has been in operation since December 1973 when it was deployed in the Taurus-Littrow region of the moon by the Apollo 17 crew. A specialized analysis based on more than twenty-two lunations of the impact data shows that all of the events recorded by the sensors during the terminator passages are essentially lunar surface microparticles carrying a high electrostatic charge. Charged lunar fines held in place by adhesive forces can be ejected into space if the electrostatic stress exceeds the adhesive strength. A simple laboratory test demonstrated that this soil transport can indeed take place at the lunar terminator and in the vicinity of it. |
NASA分類 | LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION |
レポートNO | 78A18167 |
権利 | Copyright |
URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/434318 |