Blowing of Lunar Soil by Apollo 12: Surveyor 3 Evidence
- 26 February 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 171 (3973) , 798-799
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.171.3973.798
Abstract
Analysis of discoloration patterns on the camera of the spacecraft Surveyor 3, after the Apollo 12 lunar module landed nearby, indicates that lunar surface particles were eroded and entrained by lunar module exhaust during the landing and were ejected almost horizontally at 70 meters per second or faster. These particles struck the Surveyor camera and whitened its surface.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Preliminary Examination of Lunar Samples from Apollo 12Science, 1970
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