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Orbital search for lunar volcanism.The total rate of volcanic release of gases into the lunar atmosphere is estimated to be less than 60 g/sec. One of the implications of this degassing is that, if it occurs as sporadic releases of large quantities of gas, these events can be detected by an orbiting mass spectrometer, such as that carried on the flight of Apollo 15 and one that will operate during the Apollo 16 mission. The nature of a volcanic perturbation of the lunar atmosphere is discussed, and a lower bound is derived for the expected time between detected events.
Document ID
19720055070
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hodges, R. R., Jr.
Hoffman, J. H.
(Texas, University Dallas, Tex., United States)
Yeh, T. T. J.
Chang, G. K.
(Bellcomm, Inc. Washington, D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 77
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
72A38736
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-10410
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-417
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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