Email this article Formation of Dusty Plasma Clouds at Meteoroid Impact on the Surface of the Moon
- Authors: Popel S.I.1,2, Tereshchenko A.A.3, Velikodsky Y.I.3, Sposetti S.4, Lena R.5, Iten M.6, Zubko E.S.7, Berezhnoy A.A.8, Zelenyi L.M.1,9, Zakharov A.V.1, Golub’ A.P.1, Atamaniuk B.10
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Affiliations:
- Space Research Institute
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- National Aviation University
- Gnosca Observatory
- Geologic Lunar Research (GLR) Group
- Garden Observatory
- Far Eastern Federal University
- Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
- Space Research Centre
- Issue: Vol 108, No 6 (2018)
- Pages: 356-363
- Section: Astrophysics and Cosmology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0021-3640/article/view/161292
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364018180091
- ID: 161292
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Abstract
The nature of two dusty plasma clouds appearing because of the impact of a meteoroid on the surface of the Moon has been discussed. It has been shown that one of the clouds is formed by particles (or fragments) of regolith ejected into free space by a shock wave induced by the meteoroid impact on the surface of the Moon and the second cloud is formed by solidified melt droplets. The main characteristics of these clouds, including the cloud expansion rates, the characteristic sizes of particles in both clouds, and the concentrations and charges of particles, have been calculated. The calculated cloud expansion rates are in qualitative agreement with the observational data.
About the authors
S. I. Popel
Space Research Institute; National Research University Higher School of Economics
Author for correspondence.
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997; Moscow, 101000
A. A. Tereshchenko
National Aviation University
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Ukraine, Kyiv, 03058
Yu. I. Velikodsky
National Aviation University
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Ukraine, Kyiv, 03058
S. Sposetti
Gnosca Observatory
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Switzerland, Gnosca, CH-6525
R. Lena
Geologic Lunar Research (GLR) Group
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Italy, Rome, 00137
M. Iten
Garden Observatory
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Switzerland, Gordola, CH-6596
E. S. Zubko
Far Eastern Federal University
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690091
A. A. Berezhnoy
Sternberg Astronomical Institute
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119234
L. M. Zelenyi
Space Research Institute; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997; Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700
A. V. Zakharov
Space Research Institute
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
A. P. Golub’
Space Research Institute
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997
B. Atamaniuk
Space Research Centre
Email: popel@iki.rssi.ru
Poland, Warsaw, 00-716
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