Bow shock protons in the lunar environment

Details Bow shock protons in the lunar environment Bow shock protons in the lunar environment

Sep 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975moon...14...19b&link_type=abstract

(Lunar Science Institute, Conference on Interactions of the Interplanetary Plasma with the Modern and Ancient Moon, Lake Geneva,

Physics

Bow Waves, Lunar Environment, Proton Energy, Shock Waves, Energy Spectra, Explorer 35 Satellite, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ion Distribution, Magnetosheath, Satellite Observation, Solar Wind

Scientific paper

Protons from the earth's bow shock are observed by the suprathermal ion detector experiment (SIDE) in two regions of the lunar orbit. The dawn region begins at the dawn-side bow-shock crossing and ends about 5 days later, the dusk region begins at about 2 days prior to entering the dusk-side magnetosheath and ends at the inbound bow-shock crossing. Dusk and dawn refer to a terrestrial coordinate system. The dominant contribution to the ion spectra observed by the SIDE in these regions is from particles with energies between about 750 eV/q and 3500 eV/q. Analysis of simultaneous data from the Explorer 35 magnetometer and the SIDE indicates that the observability of bow-shock protons at the lunar distance is dependent on the configuration of the interplanetary magnetic field.

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