Scientific objectives and payloads of Chang’E-1 lunar satellite

Sun, Hao; Dai, Shun; Jianfeng, Yang; Wu, Ji; Jiang, Jingshan

doi:10.1007/bf02715964

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“…The simulations quantifiably confirm the satellite (Halekas et al 2014) findings and the theoretical predictions (Bamford et al 2012), namely that a miniature collisionless shock can be responsible for all the observations (Lin et al 1998;Huixian et al 2005;Wieser et al 2009Wieser et al , 2010Futaana et al 2010;Hashimoto et al 2010;Lue et al 2011;Wang et al 2012;Halekas et al 2014;Yokota et al 2014). Here it is confirmed that the interaction or boundary layer can form well above (i.e., kilometers rather than meters) the lunar surface (depending upon conditions) and need not be a photoelectricsheath (Garrick-Bethell et al 2011) restricted to a few meters above the surface.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 76%

“…Recent work (Glotch et al 2015;Harnett & Kramer 2015) on spectral data from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper on board Chandrayaan-1 (Kramer et al Figure 1. A graphical summary of the spacecraft observational data (Lin et al 1998;Huixian et al 2005;Wieser et al 2009Wieser et al , 2010Futaana et al 2010;Hashimoto et al 2010;Lue et al 2011;Wang et al 2012;Halekas et al 2014;Yokota et al 2014) of Lunar mini-magnetospheres. The solar wind plasma with an embedded magnetic field, encounters the small ( -10 100 km) crustal magnetic field (~nT 400 ) on the lunar surface, producing a "mini-magnetosphere."…”

Section: Lunar Swirls and Magnetic Anomaliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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3d Pic Simulations of Collisionless Shocks at Lunar Magnetic Anomalies and Their Role in Forming Lunar Swirls

Bamford

Alves

Cruz

et al. 2016

ApJ

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Investigation of the lunar crustal magnetic anomalies offers a comprehensive long-term data set of observations of small-scale magnetic fields and their interaction with the solar wind. In this paper a review of the observations of lunar mini-magnetospheres is compared quantifiably with theoretical kinetic-scale plasma physics and 3D particlein-cell simulations. The aim of this paper is to provide a complete picture of all the aspects of the phenomena and to show how the observations from all the different and international missions interrelate. The analysis shows that the simulations are consistent with the formation of miniature (smaller than the ion Larmor orbit) collisionless shocks and miniature magnetospheric cavities, which has not been demonstrated previously. The simulations reproduce the finesse and form of the differential proton patterns that are believed to be responsible for the creation of both the "lunar swirls" and "dark lanes." Using a mature plasma physics code like OSIRIS allows us, for the first time, to make a side-by-side comparison between model and space observations. This is shown for all of the key plasma parameters observed to date by spacecraft, including the spectral imaging data of the lunar swirls. The analysis of miniature magnetic structures offers insight into multi-scale mechanisms and kinetic-scale aspects of planetary magnetospheres.

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confidence: 76%

Section: Lunar Swirls and Magnetic Anomaliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

3d Pic Simulations of Collisionless Shocks at Lunar Magnetic Anomalies and Their Role in Forming Lunar Swirls

Bamford

Alves

Cruz

et al. 2016

ApJ

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“…Recent results from the spacecrafts Kaguya (Kato et al, 2010), Chang'E (Huixian et al, 2005) and Chandrayaan (Nath Goswami and Annadurai, 2008) show that decades after the first lunar missions new phenomena are discovered, e.g. scattering and pickup from the surface or magnetic shielding of surface regions (Hartle and Killen, 2006;Saito et al, 2010).…”

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First lunar wake passage of ARTEMIS: Discrimination of wake effects and solar wind fluctuations by 3D hybrid simulations

Wiehle

Plaschke

Motschmann

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Planetary and Space Science

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“…These data were expected to study the microwave radiation characteristics of the moon, and derive the physical properties of lunar surface (Sun Huixian et al, 2005). It is the first time that an Onboard microwave radiometer has been used to explore the moon at the lunar orbit.…”

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Review on physical models of lunar brightness temperature

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Brightness temperature is a main index to reflect the energy of microwave radiation of an object. Using lunar brightness temperature data, physical properties of lunar regolith, such as thickness, heat flow and dielectric permittivity, could be interpreted. There are two methods to study brightness temperature distribution of the moon: the first is used to measure lunar brightness temperature by radio observation or spaceborne microwave radiometers, and the second is used to simulate calculation by the physical model. On the basis of the measurements of lunar brightness temperature in the history, this study analyzed the main physical model of lunar brightness temperature, also including its theory and influence factors. The authors concluded that surface and subsurface temperatures of the moon, dielectric properties and layered structure of lunar regolith were the main factors affecting the global brightness temperature of the moon. These factors should be quantified in detail in the future research.

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Scientific objectives and payloads of Chang’E-1 lunar satellite

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3d Pic Simulations of Collisionless Shocks at Lunar Magnetic Anomalies and Their Role in Forming Lunar Swirls

3d Pic Simulations of Collisionless Shocks at Lunar Magnetic Anomalies and Their Role in Forming Lunar Swirls

First lunar wake passage of ARTEMIS: Discrimination of wake effects and solar wind fluctuations by 3D hybrid simulations

Review on physical models of lunar brightness temperature

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