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Remote energetic neutral atom imaging of electric potential over a lunar magnetic anomaly

Barabash, S.; Futaana, Y.; Wurz, P. +5 more

<title type="main">Abstract<p label="1">The formation of electric potential over lunar magnetized regions is essential for understanding fundamental lunar science, for understanding the lunar environment, and for planning human exploration on the Moon. A large positive electric potential was predicted and detected from single point mea…

Proton entry into the near-lunar plasma wake for magnetic field aligned flow

Barabash, S.; Futaana, Y.; Wurz, P. +7 more

We report the first observation of protons in the near-lunar (100-200 km from the surface) and deeper (near anti-subsolar point) plasma wake when the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and solar wind velocity (v_sw) are parallel (aligned flow; angle between IMF and v_sw≤10°). More than 98% of the observations during aligned fl…