Density of the Lunar Atmosphere
- 27 May 1960
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 131 (3413) , 1606
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3413.1606
Abstract
The minimum possible density of the lunar atmosphere at the surface is shown to be essentially the value for the interplanetary medium. This value, when combined with the observed maximum, places the particle density between 10 3 and 10 6 per cubic centimeter, while the electron density must be about 10 3 to 10 4 per cubic centimeter. These results are markedly different from those recently obtained by Firsoff.Keywords
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