MAP-PACE (MAgnetic field and Plasma experiment—Plasma energy Angle and
Composition Experiment) on SELENE (Kaguya) has completed its∼ 1.5-year observation of …

Abstract The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya (SELENE) was successfully launched by an
H2A rocket on September 14, 2007. On October 4, 2007, after passing through a phasing …

Interaction between the solar wind and objects in the solar system varies largely according
to the settings, such as the existence of a global intrinsic magnetic field and/or thick …

The magnetic field around the Moon has been successfully observed at a nominal altitude
of∼ 100 km by the lunar magnetometer (LMAG) on the SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft in a …

At~ 25 km altitude over magnetic anomalies on the Moon, the deceleration of the solar wind
ions, acceleration of the solar wind electrons parallel to the magnetic field, and heating of …

Understanding the sources of lunar water is crucial for studying the history of lunar evolution,
as well as the interaction of solar wind with the Moon and other airless bodies. Recent …

The Moon has no global intrinsic magnetic field and only has a very thin atmosphere. Ion
measurements made from lunar orbit provide us with information regarding interactions …

The mass spectrum analyzer (MSA) will perform in situ observations of ions and magnetic
fields around Phobos as part of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to investigate …

We study solar wind (SW) entry deep into the near‐Moon wake using SELENE (KAGUYA)
data. It has been known that SW protons flowing around the Moon access the central region …

In contrast to many ground‐based optical observations of the thin lunar alkali exosphere, in
situ observations of the exospheric ions by satellite‐borne plasma instruments have been …