The Apollo lunar surface experiment package suprathermal ion detector experiment. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:7327951

A compilation of reports and scientific papers is presented for the following topics: (1) the lunar ionosphere; (2) electric potential of the lunar surface; (3) ion activity on the lunar nightside; (4) bow shock protons; (5) magnetosheath and magnetotail; (6) solar wind--neutral gas cloud interactions at the lunar surface; (7) penetrating solar particles; and (8) rocket exhaust products from Apollo missions. Descriptions and photographs of ion detecting equipment at the lunar sites of Apollo 12, 13, 14, and 15 are given. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Rice Univ., Houston, Tex. (USA). Dept. of Space Physics and Astronomy
• DOE Contract Number: NAS9-5911
• OSTI ID: 7327951
• Report Number(s): N-76-11980; NASA-CR-144544; TRN: 77-002739
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
LUNAR ATMOSPHERE
MOON
IONOSPHERE
MAGNETOSHEATH
MAGNETOTAIL
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR WIND
INTERACTIONS
APOLLO PROJECT
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ENERGY SPECTRA
GASES
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOPAUSE
PROTONS
SHOCK WAVES
ATMOSPHERES
BARYONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
HADRONS
NUCLEONS
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
RADIATIONS
SATELLITES
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR RADIATION
SPECTRA
STELLAR RADIATION
640107* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Planetary Phenomena