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Solar wind interaction with the Moon: Enhanced magnetic field fluctuations at low altitudes
Author(s) -
Weiss H.,
Russell C. T.,
Lichtenstein B. R.,
Coleman P. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl005i007p00592
Subject(s) - solar wind , turbulence , physics , geophysics , atmospheric sciences , magnetic field , astrobiology , environmental science , geology , meteorology , astronomy , astrophysics , geodesy , quantum mechanics
Evidence of a magnetically turbulent region above the lunar dayside is presented. This region apparently exists when the moon is in the solar wind and is approximately 100 kms thick. Possible explanations for the presence of a dayside turbulent sheath are investigated and, to within the accuracy of the data, none can satisfactorily explain its presence.