Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981m%26p....25..451m&link_type=abstract
Moon and the Planets, vol. 25, Dec. 1981, p. 451-463.
Computer Science
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Lunar Atmosphere, Lunar Composition, Lunar Surface, Nitrogen Compounds, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Ammonia, Diffusion Coefficient, Lunar Magnetic Fields, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Atoms, Nitrogen Ions, Nitrogen Plasma
Scientific paper
The direct interaction of the solar wind with the lunar surface results in a complete absorption of the solar wind corpuscles by the lunar surface material, with no upstream bow-shock but a cavity downstream from the lunar body. The active N ions and atoms derived from the solar wind were considered in the calculation of the radicals and compounds of nitrogen in the lunar material atmosphere, where the main species escaping from the surface to the atmosphere are NO and NH3 with near-surface concentrations of 327 and 295/cu cm, respectively. While the calculated concentration of NH3 seems consistent with the sunrise concentration results of the mass spectrometer implanted on the lunar surface, there has been no report of NO detection.
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