Lunar ejecta in heliocentric space

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May 1978

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COSPAR, Plenary Meeting, 21st, Innsbruck, Austria, May 29-June 10, 1978, Paper. 11 p.

Physics

Cislunar Space, Interplanetary Dust, Lunar Dust, Mass Distribution, Microparticles, Cosmic Dust, Earth (Planet), Flux (Rate), Gegenschein, Gravitational Effects, Hypervelocity Impact, Lunar Orbiter, Mariner 4 Space Probe, Mars (Planet), Solar Orbits, Spatial Distribution

Scientific paper

Measurements of the flux of picogram-sized dust particles in selenocentric cislunar and interplanetary space between 1.0 and 1.6 AU have been performed by various spacecraft. Evidence of lunar secondary ejecta resulting from the primary impact of interplanetary dust particles was found in data from Lunar Explorer 35. Results of simulation studies and spacecraft measurements indicate that a major portion of the lunar ejecta which escape the earth-moon system dwell in a very special zone in heliocentric space: a region symmetrical with the ecliptic plane and very narrow. Gegenschein measurements reported by Roosen (1971) show a maximum intensity in the ecliptic plane, but the distribution is asymmetric.

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