Magnetic field anomalies in the lunar wake
- Author:
- Whang, Y. C.
- Published:
- Oct 1, 1971.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Ness, N. F.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- The interplanetary magnetic field is only slightly perturbed by the presence of the moon in the solar wind flow. A statistical study of umbral increases and of penumbral variations was conducted with respect to variation in the solar wind plasma value beta, the distance from the moon, and the selenographic longitude of the limb regions of the lunar surface in the solar wind flow. All lunar wake anomalies show a strong positive correlation with the plasma value beta, while only penumbral increases show a marked variation with distance from the moon. There is no clear correlation of penumbral anomaly occurrence with selenographic longitude of the exposed lunar limb in the solar wind flow.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19720008605.
Accession ID: 72N16255.
NASA-TM-X-65807.
X-690-71-491. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No Copyright.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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