Exosphere generation of the Moon investigated through a high-energy neutral detector

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-49

  Milillo, Anna ^a   Mangano, Valeria ^a   Mura, Alessandro ^a   Orsini, Stefano ^a   de Angelis, Elisabetta ^a   Lellis, Andrea M Di ^b   Massetti, Stefano ^a   Plainaki, Christina ^a   Rispoli, Rosanna ^a   Selci, Stefano ^c   Vertolli, Nello ^a  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b AMDL   (Italy)

^c ISC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ENA; Exosphere; Ion back scattering; Ion sputtering; Moon; Neutral atom detector

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961182165     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-010-9196-z     Document Type: Article

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