Modeling the moon's extended sodium cloud as a tool for investigating sources of transient atmospheres

Details Modeling the moon's extended sodium cloud as a tool for investigating sources of transient atmospheres Modeling the moon's extended sodium cloud as a tool for investigating sources of transient atmospheres

May 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997adspr..19.1577m&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, vol. 19, p. 1577

Computer Science

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Lunar Atmosphere, Atmospheric Composition, Sodium, Monte Carlo Method, Computerized Simulation, Lunar Geology, Regolith, Solar Wind, Micrometeoroids

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The present survey of wide-angle, low-light images of the extended lunar sodium atmosphere uses Monte Carlo computer simulation studies as a basis for interpretation. The computer model results indicate that the strikingly different morphology patterns observed as quarter and full moon are consistent with a single source function, and subsequent dynamical evolution of the ejected sodium atoms; different viewing geometries account for observational differences.

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