Title of article
The Solar Wind interactions with Lunar Magnetic Anomalies: A case study of the Chang’E-2 plasma data near the Serenitatis antipode Original Research Article
Author/Authors
X.-Q. Wang، نويسنده , , J. Cui، نويسنده , , X.-D. Wang، نويسنده , , J.-J. Liu، نويسنده , , H.-B. Zhang، نويسنده , , W. Zuo، نويسنده , , Y. Su، نويسنده , , W.-B. Wen، نويسنده , , H. Reme، نويسنده , , I. Dandouras، نويسنده , , C. Aoustin، نويسنده , , M. Wang، نويسنده , , X. Tan، نويسنده , , J. Shen، نويسنده , , F. Wang، نويسنده , , Q. Fu، نويسنده , , C.-L. Li، نويسنده , , Z.-Y. Ouyang، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Pages
7
From page
1600
To page
1606
Abstract
In this paper, we present the first and preliminary results on the near-Moon plasma environment, based on the spectrogram data obtained with the Solar Wind Ion Detector (SWID) onboard Chang’E-2 from four lunar orbits on 10–11 Oct 2010. These orbits, at a constant altitude of ∼100 km, approach gradually the Lunar Magnetic Anomaly (LMA) at the Serenitatis antipode. The data reveal tentatively a region with decrement in proton density and enhancement in temperature. The near coincidence of this region with the Serenitatis antipode probably suggests the presence of a minimagnetosphere associated with the LMA, which effectively shields and heats the incident Solar Wind (SW) protons.
Keywords
Lunar Magnetic Anomaly , Mini-magnetosphere
Journal title
Advances in Space Research
Serial Year
2012
Journal title
Advances in Space Research
Record number
1134288
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