The solar wind interactions with lunar magnetic anomalies: A case study of the Chang'E-2 plasma data near the serenitatis antipode

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1600-1606

  Wang, X Q ^a   Cui, J ^a   Wang, X D ^a   Liu, J J ^a   Zhang, H B ^a   Zuo, W ^a   Su, Y ^a   Wen, W B ^a   Reme H ^b   Dandouras, I ^b   Aoustin, C ^b   Wang, M ^c   Tan, X ^a   Shen, J ^a   Wang, F ^a   Fu, Q ^a   Li, C L ^a   Ouyang, Z Y ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Lunar Magnetic Anomaly; Mini magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOON; ORBITS; SOLAR WIND;

CONSTANT ALTITUDE; ION DETECTORS; LUNAR MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MINI MAGNETOSPHERES; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; PROTON DENSITY; SOLAR WIND INTERACTIONS; SPECTROGRAMS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 84867676233     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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