Highlights The direction of the magnetotail plasma flow at lunar orbital locations can change significantly over a few minutes. Flux ropes sweeping over the Moon can significantly modify the ambient plasma conditions.

    Abstract The Moon spends 20% of its orbit within the terrestrial magnetosphere. During this time it experiences a dynamic plasma environment, including high-speed streams, flux ropes and a flux of heavy ions from ionospheric outflows. 3D multi-fluid simulations of the Moon within the magnetosphere during a substorm shows that a highly variable plasma flow can develop in the vicinity of the Moon due to the passage of a flux rope. The transit of a flux rope past the Moon potentially leads to a plasma wake that is mis-aligned from the optical wake by nearly 30 ° . This will have implications when determining the range of space weathering and surface charging the lunar surface experiences.


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    Titel :

    Flux rope passage at the Moon while in the terrestrial magnetotail


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 52 , 2 ; 243-250


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2013-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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