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20 April 2024

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Temporal Variability of Lunar Exospheric Helium During January 2012 from LRO/LAMP
Paul D. Feldman ; Dana M. Hurley ; Kurt D. Retherford ; G. Randall Gladstone ; S. Alan Stern ; Wayne Pryor ; Joel Wm. Parker ; David E. Kaufmann ; Michael W. Davis ; Maarten Versteeg ; LAMP team ;
Date:	14 Sep 2012
Abstract:	We report observations of the lunar helium exosphere made between December 29, 2011, and January 26, 2012, with the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) ultraviolet spectrograph on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission (LRO). The observations were made of resonantly scattered He I 584 from illuminated atmosphere against the dark lunar surface on the dawn side of the terminator. We find no or little variation of the derived surface He density with latitude but day-to-day variations that likely reflect variations in the solar wind alpha flux. The 5-day passage of the Moon through the Earth’s magnetotail results in a factor of two decrease in surface density, which is well explained by model simulations.
Source:	arXiv, 1209.3274
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