Apollo 11 Solar Wind Composition Experiment: First Results
- 19 December 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 166 (3912), 1502-1503
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3912.1502
Abstract
The helium-4 solar wind flux during the Apollo 11 lunar surface excursion was (6.3 ± 1.2) x 106 atoms per square centimeter per second. The solar wind direction and energy are essentially not perturbed by the moon. Evidence for a lunar solar wind albedo was found.Keywords
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