THE SODIUM EXOSPHERE OF MERCURY: COMPARISON BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL
Experimental studies of lunar exosphere
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Experimental studies of lunar exosphere O.I. Korablev 1 , A.A. Petrukovich 1 , E. Quémerais 2 , V.I. Gnedykh 1 , K.I. Marchenkov 1 1 Space research Institute (IKI), Moscow 2 LATMOS, Guyancourt, France
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Experimental studies of lunar exosphere. O.I. Korablev 1 , A.A. Petrukovich 1 , E. Quémerais 2 , V.I. Gnedykh 1 , K.I. Marchenkov 1 1 Space research Institute (IKI), Moscow 2 LATMOS, Guyancourt, France. Brief history. Pre-Apollo searches: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Experimental studies of lunar exosphere
O.I. Korablev1, A.A. Petrukovich1, E. Quémerais2, V.I. Gnedykh1, K.I. Marchenkov1
1 Space research Institute (IKI), Moscow2 LATMOS, Guyancourt, France
Brief history• Pre-Apollo searches:
– Polarization measurements: Fessenkov, Dollfus 10-9-10 bar
– Radioccultations (Mariner 7) : <3 10-9 H; 8 10-10 He; 8 10-12 Ar
– Lunar Transient Phenomena
• Apollo– SIDE: Suprathermal ion detector: 20Ne and 40Ar
detections– Cathode gauges: N2 assumption: 2 107cm-3 day …
2 105cm-3 night– LACE mass spectrometer: Ar, He H2O, CH4, N2,CO,
CO2– α-particle spectrometers (A15): 222Rn, 210Po– Orbital mass spectrometers (A15-16)– UV spectrometer (A17)
• Ground-based discovery of K and Na [Potter & Morgan 1988]
Hodges 1985
Sodium and Potassium
Potter & Morgan 1988
Images of the lunar sodium exosphere during total lunar eclipses Mendillo et al 1999
Sodium and Potassium II
Mechanisms
Stern 1999
Sprague et al1992
Mechanisms
Lucey 2009
Stern 1999
Recent space observations
• SARA /Chandrayan-1: low energy neutral atom sensor 10 eV – 3.3 keV and ion mass spectrometer (10 eV – 15 keV)
• UPI-TVIS/SELENE: UV and visible (Na D2, OI) narrow-band imager
• LAMP/MRO
UV-spectrometry from space
LRO/LAMP:-Spectral range 57–196 nm-Observation of the LCROSS plume-Mapping of lunar poles in L-alpha
LADEE mission: NASA 2012-UVS : 200–800 nm-NMS
UV-spectrometry from Luna Globe Orbiter LEVUS: Lunar Exosphere EUV/UV
spectrometer
• On the basis of PHEBUS/Bepi Colombo• French PI of PHEBUS: Eric Quémerais, 2 co-PIs• Detectors from Japan (customized Hamamatsu design)• Scanner system from IKI/Russia• LEVUS = spare of PHEBUS provided by France with interfaces
and scanner modified by IKI. IKI provides all prototypes for Luna Globe.
LEVUS : Science objectives
• To detect/reduce upper limits of expected components of the lunar exosphere
• To study the sources, sinks and transport mechanisms of exosphere species
• To explore the EUV range, not covered so far• To map the surface in the UV range• To study the solar wind and its interaction with the moon• UV observatory: comets,…• Terrestrial exosphere (geocorona)
LEVUS:
• EUV channel: 55–155 nm• FUV channel: 145–315 nm• 2 PMTs: 404, 422 nm: K, Ca lines• Scanner 360°
LEVUS optical scheme and detectors
Detectability of exospheric components
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