ARTEMIS observations of the solar wind proton scattering function from lunar crustal magnetic anomalies

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Poppe, A. R., Halekas, J. S., Lue, C., Fatemi, S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Article; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7802739/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442502; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017je005313

Despite their small scales, lunar crustal magnetic fields are routinely associated with observations of reflected and/or backstreaming populations of solar wind protons. Solar wind proton reflection locally reduces the rate of space weathering of the lunar regolith, depresses local sputtering rates...