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Interaction of Lunar Ejecta and the Magnetosphere of the Earth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

W. M. Alexander  and
J. D. Corbin
W. M. Alexander
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas USA
J. D. Corbin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas USA

Abstract

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A significant flux of ejecta from lunar impacts of interplanetary dust particles leaves selenocentric space and enters the magnetosphere of the earth. During favorable lunar phases, 80% of the ejecta enter the magnetosphere where their orbits are determined by electrodynamic as well as gravitational forces. Initial study of the orbital characteristics and perturbations of these magnetosphere ejecta is presented and its implications are discussed.

Type
V: Particles and Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 90: Solid Particles in the Solar System , 1980 , pp. 425 - 428
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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