Variation of lunar sodium during passage of the Moon through the Earth's magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E6, 2000, Pages 15073-15084

  Potter, Andrew E ^a   Killen, Rosemary M ^b   Morgan, Thomas H ^c  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; MOON; SODIUM;

EID: 0033768222     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001213     Document Type: Article

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