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.


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    Titel :

    Electrostatic dust transport and Apollo 17 LEAM experiment


    Beteiligte:
    Rhee, J. W. (Autor:in) / Berg, O. E. (Autor:in) / Wolf, H. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Symposium on Minor Constituents and Excited Species ; 1976 ; Philadelphia, PA, US
    Symposium on Minor Constituents and Excited Species ; 1976


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1977


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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