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We investigate the possibility that the Moon develops an electric potentialoriginating from the impinging particles on the Moon from cosmic rays and solarwind. The investigation includes all experimental data of the flux of chargedparticle for energies higher than 865 eV available from Apollo missions,satellites and balloon experiments in publications or from the Internet in2008. A fictive electric potential of the Moon was calculated if the Moonmaterial is an isolator for the Moon solar side and lee side,if the Moonmaterial is a conductor for the whole Moon surface, and if the Moon is locatedin the geomagnetic tail of the Earth. The calculation for these four casesresults in positive electric potentials of the Moon of 1789 V, 261 MV, 1789 V,and 96 MV. This is originated from the unequal distribution of positive andnegative charges in the plasma of the cosmic rays and solar wind impinging onthe Moon. As the cosmic rays arrive from deep space, these findings would implya charge imbalance in the cosmos. This is in distinct conflict with a chargeneutral universe. We suggest searching for a so far not measured low energynegative flux of charged particles in the cosmos or an interaction betweencharged objects in the universe with the vacuum.

Generating of an electric potential on the Moon by Cosmic rays and Solar Wind?