Electrostatic charging linked to Lunar environment analysis, with source literature and related extracted records kept visible.
100%
Confidence
1
Literature sources
1
Linked simulants
21
Linked properties
Measurement type
Electrostatic charging
Application
Lunar environment analysis
Primary source
Triboelectrification of dielectric material in the lunar environment
Review state
needs review
The primary plasma sources in lunar orbit include solar wind plasma and Earth's magnetotail plasma, with the Moon spending approximately 75 % of its time in the solar wind and 25 % in the magnetotail