A soft X-ray image of the moon

Details A soft X-ray image of the moon A soft X-ray image of the moon

Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991natur.349..583s&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 349, Feb. 14, 1991, p. 583-587. Research supported by Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophys

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Lunar Exploration, Rosat Mission, X Ray Imagery, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Backscattering, Luminosity, Solar Radiation, Solar Wind, Moon, X-Ray Methods, Luminosity, Satellite Observations, X-Rays, Source, Emissions, Radiation, Solar Wind, Electrons, Parameters, Backscatter, Origin, Farside, Surface, Hypotheses, Interaction, Electrons, Bombardment, Velocity, Magnetic Field, Calculations

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A soft X-ray image of the moon obtained by the Roentgen Observatory Satellite ROSAT clearly shows a sunlit crescent, demonstrating that the moon's X-ray luminosity arises from backscattering of solar X-rays. The moon's optically dark side is also X-ray dark, and casts a distinct shadow on the diffuse cosmic X-ray background. Unexpectedly, the dark side seems to emit X-rays at a level about one percent of that of the bright side; this emission very probably results from energetic solar-wind electrons striking the moon's surface.

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