First Observation of Transport of Solar Wind Protons Scattered From Magnetic Anomalies Into the Near Lunar Wake: Observations by SARA/Chandrayaan-1

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Dhanya, M. B., Bhardwaj, Anil, Alok, Abhinaw, Futaana, Yoshifumi, Barabash, Stas, Wieser, Martin, Holmström, Mats, Wurz, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2018
• Subjects: 520 Astronomy; 620 Engineering; 530 Physics; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/122698/1/Dhanya_et_al-2018-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/122698/

We report the first observational evidence for the transport of the solar wind protons scattered from the lunar magnetic anomaly (LMA) into the near wake region from SWIM/Sub‐keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) aboard Chandrayaan‐1. These protons with high angular spread are observed in the near wak...