Radio astronomy with the Lunar Lander: opening up the last unexplored frequency regime

• Main Authors: Wolt, Marc Klein, Aminaei, Amin, Zarka, Philippe, Schrader, Jan-Rutger, Boonstra, Albert-Jan, Falcke, Heino
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2012
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Jupiter; North Pole; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1209.3033; https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3033

The active broadband (1 kHz-100 MHz) tripole antenna now envisaged to be placed on the European Lunar Lander located at the Lunar South Pole allows for sensitive measurements of the exosphere and ionosphere, and their interaction with the Earths magnetosphere, solar particles, wind and CMEs and stud...