SELMA mission How do airless bodies interact with space environment? The Moon as an accessible laboratory

Autor: Futaana, Y, Barabash, S, Wieser, M, Wurz, P, Hurley, D, Mihaly, H, Mall, U, Andre, N, Ivchenko, N, Oberst, J, Retherford, K, Coates, A, Masters, A, Wahlund, JE, Kallio, E, SELMA proposal team
Přispěvatelé: The Royal Society, Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Kiruna] (IRF), Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Uppsala] (IRF), Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille (CRCM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)-Fédération nationale des Centres de lutte contre le Cancer (FNCLCC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Technical University of Berlin / Technische Universität Berlin (TU), Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), University College of London [London] (UCL), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Universität Bern [Bern], Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Technische Universität Berlin (TU)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Solar System
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Celestial body
[SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]
Volatile
Permanently shadowed crater
Astronomy & Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
Astrobiology
Mini-magnetosphere
0103 physical sciences
Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
ta115
[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
520 Astronomy
Astronomy
Moon exploration
Water
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dust
620 Engineering
Lunar water
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
13. Climate action
Space and Planetary Science
Physics::Space Physics
Astrophysical plasma
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Geology
Space environment
Zdroj: Futaanaa, Yoshifumi; Barabash, Stas; Wieser, Martin; Wurz, Peter; Hurley, Dana; Horányi, Mihaly; Mall, Urs; Andre, Nicolas; Ivchenko, Nickolay; Oberst, Jürgen; Retherford, Kurt; Coates, Andrew; Masters, Adam; Wahlund, Jan-Erik; Kallio, Esa (2018). SELMA mission: How do airless bodies interact with space environment? The Moon as an accessible laboratory. Planetary and space science, 156, pp. 23-40. Elsevier 10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.002
Planetary and Space Science
Planetary and Space Science, 2018, 156, pp.23-40. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.002⟩
Planetary and Space Science, Elsevier, 2018, 156, pp.23-40. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.002⟩
ISSN: 0032-0633
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.11.002
Popis: The Moon is an archetypal atmosphere-less celestial body in the Solar System. For such bodies, 38 the environments are characterized by complex interaction among the space plasma, tenuous 39 neutral gas, dust and the outermost layer of the surface. Here we propose the SELMA mission 40 (Surface, Environment, and Lunar Magnetic Anomalies) to study how airless bodies interact with 41 space environment. SELMA uses a unique combination of remote sensing via ultraviolet and 42 infrared wavelengths, and energetic neutral atom imaging, as well as in situ measurements of 43 exospheric gas, plasma, and dust at the Moon. After observations in a lunar orbit for one year, 44 SELMA will conduct an impact experiment to investigate volatile content in the soil of the 45 permanently shadowed area of the Shackleton crater. SELMA also carries an impact probe to 46 sound the Reiner-Gamma mini-magnetosphere and its interaction with the lunar regolith from the 47 SELMA orbit down to the surface. SELMA was proposed to the European Space Agency as a 48 medium-class mission (M5) in October 2016. Research on the SELMA scientific themes is of 49 importance for fundamental planetary sciences and for our general understanding of how the 50 Solar System works. In addition, SELMA outcomes will contribute to future lunar explorations 51 through qualitative characterization of the lunar environment and, in particular, investigation of 52 the presence of water in the lunar soil, as a valuable resource to harvest from the lunar regolith.
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