Open AccessPreliminary Results From Probe of the Moon's Dust Environment
Author(s) -
Kumar Mohi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo140005
Subject(s) - astrobiology , atmosphere (unit) , spacecraft , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geology , physics , astronomy
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), a robotic mission with the primary goal of gathering detailed information about the composition and structure of the thin lunar atmosphere, was launched on 6 September 2013. Since the spacecraft reached the Moon on 6 October, LADEE has returned streams of data important to understanding how dust is distributed above the lunar surface; where sources and sinks of lunar atmospheric dust can be found; and how dust distribution, sources, and sinks change through time.