First optical observation of the moon's sodium exosphere from the lunar orbiter SELENE (Kaguya)

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1025-1029

  Kagitani, M ^a   Taguchi, M ^b   Yamazaki, A ^c   Yoshikawa, I ^d   Murakami, G ^d   Yoshioka, K ^d   Kameda, S ^c   Ezawa, F ^d   Toyota, T ^d   Okano, S ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geminid meteor shower; Lunar orbiter SELENE; Lunar sodium exosphere; Resonant scattering emission

Indexed keywords

MOON; REGOLITH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SODIUM; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 72549092287     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352953     Document Type: Article

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