Observational studies of the exospheres of the Moon and Mercury

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991plas.rept...99p&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 99-100 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Composition, Exosphere, Lunar Atmosphere, Mercury Atmosphere, Potassium, Sodium, Light Scattering, Lunar Maps, Mercury (Planet), Moon, Planetary Mapping, Resonance Scattering, Sunlight

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The sodium and potassium atmospheres of Mercury and the Moon are mapped using spectroscopic measurements of resonance scattered sunlight. The objective is to define the sources and sinks for these atmospheric constituents, and in doing so, provide a better understanding of atmospheric processes on these bodies. These bodies are unique in that their atmospheres consist solely of an exosphere with the planetary surface at its base.

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