The dust, atmosphere, and plasma at the Moon

WM Farrell, JS Halekas, M Horányi… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The topics of lofted dust, ejected atomic and molecular species, and plasma interactions at
the Moon have made revolutionary strides since the last 'New Views of the Moon'review in …

The lunar dust environment: concerns for Moon-based astronomy

M Horányi, JR Szalay, X Wang - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Moon has no atmosphere, hence, it offers a unique opportunity to place telescopes on
its surface for astronomical observations. It is phase-locked with Earth, and its far side …

[HTML][HTML] Physics and applications of dusty plasmas: The Perspectives 2023

J Beckers, J Berndt, D Block, M Bonitz… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Dusty plasmas are electrically quasi-neutral media that, along with electrons, ions, neutral
gas, radiation, and electric and/or magnetic fields, also contain solid or liquid particles with …

Deducing lunar regolith porosity from energetic neutral atom emission

PS Szabo, AR Poppe, H Biber, A Mutzke… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The porosity of the upper layers of regolith is key to the interaction of an airless planetary
body with precipitating radiation, but it remains difficult to characterize. One of the effects that …

Dust mitigation technology for lunar exploration utilizing an electron beam

B Farr, X Wang, J Goree, I Hahn, U Israelsson… - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
Dust mobilized on the lunar surface due to natural processes and/or human activities can
readily stick to spacesuits, optical devices, and mechanical components, for example. This …

[HTML][HTML] Electrodynamic dust shield efficiency characterisation under UV in vacuum for lunar application

YC Wang, F Cipriani, FL Johansson, M Sperl… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dust mitigation is one of the most crucial aspects of extraterrestrial exploration. This paper
presents a series of experiments on the electrodynamic dust shield (EDS) and how UV …

Meteoroid impacts as a source of Bennu's particle ejection events

WF Bottke, AV Moorhead… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Asteroid (101955) Bennu, a near‐Earth object with a primitive carbonaceous
chondrite‐like composition, was observed by the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource …

Electrostatic dust remediation for future exploration of the Moon

M Hirabayashi, CM Hartzell, PM Bellan, D Bodewits… - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Dust accumulation is one of the critical issues that must be mitigated on in-situ lunar
explorations because an in-situ probe is exposed to small dust particles, which are easily …

The formation of terraces on asteroid (101955) Bennu

OS Barnouin, MG Daly, JA Seabrook… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The surface of the rubble‐pile asteroid (101955) Bennu has been characterized in detail by
the OSIRIS‐REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security …

Laboratory measurements of initial launch velocities of electrostatically lofted dust on airless planetary bodies

A Carroll, N Hood, R Mike, X Wang, HW Hsu… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrostatic dust lofting may play an important role in surface evolution of airless bodies as
indicated from a number of unexplained observations, including the lunar horizon glow and …