Charging and motion of dust grains near the terminator of the moon

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 572-580

  Borisov, N ^a,b   Mall, U ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust; Electric fields; Moon; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DUST; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; PLASMAS; SPACE RESEARCH;

DUST ELEVATION; DUST GRAINS; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; SOLAR WIND SPEED;

MOON;

EID: 33646475869     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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