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.
Electrostatic dust transport and Apollo 17 LEAM experiment
Symposium on Minor Constituents and Excited Species
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1976
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Philadelphia, PA, US
Symposium on Minor Constituents and Excited Species
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1976
01.01.1977
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Englisch
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