Date: December 20, 2011
Title: Mysteries of the Lunar Ionosphere
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson and Bill Farrell.
Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute
Links: NLSI, DREAM, LADEE mission
Description: We normally think of the Moon as not having an atmosphere but we have known for some time that the Moon does have an ionosphere. How can this be? Scientists have been trying to understand this phenomenon for decades but recently have had some breakthroughs in their research. Dr. William Farrell provides insight on recent research and the upcoming LADEE mission.
Bio:
The NLSI brings together leading lunar scientists from around the world to further NASA lunar science and exploration.
Dr. William Farrell is a space plasma physicist specializing in the electrodynamics found in planetary atmospheres, magnetospheres, and on primitive bodies. He is a scientific co-investigator on the Cassini mission to Saturn, the Wind spacecraft in the solar wind, and a Participating Scientist on Mars Express MARSIS radar instrument. As an experimentalist, his lab team has built science systems for 8 sub-orbital and space flight missions. His lunar research includes the dynamic interaction of solar charged particles and radiation with the surface – affecting volatiles release and collection, surface charging, dust transport, the exo-ionosphere, and polar exploration.
Nancy Atkinson is a science journalist and is the Senior Editor for Universe Today
Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/
Sponsor: This episode of 365 Days of Astronomy was sponsored by Matthew Goeringer.
Transcript:
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