Observational Test for the Solar Wind Sputtering Origin of the Moon's Extended Sodium Atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-23

  Mendillo, Michael ^a   Baumgardner, Jeffrey ^a   Wilson, Jody ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Evolution; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001854253     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6042     Document Type: Article

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