Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified
New research from NASA's Lunar Science Institute indicates that the solar wind may be charging certain regions at the lunar poles to hundreds of volts. In this short video Dr. Bill Farrell discusses this research and what it means for future exploration of the Moon's poles.
For complete transcript, click here.
This animation shows conceptually how solar wind might create electrically charged ambipolar environments in certain regions at the lunar poles. See the short video above for more explanation of this process.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
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Video editor
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
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Narrator
- Erica Drezek (HTSI)
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Producer
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- William Farrell (NASA/GSFC)
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Videographer
- Jamal Smith (HTSI)
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Writers
- William Steigerwald (NASA/GSFC)
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, April 16, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.
Series
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Electrified Craters
(ID: 2010051)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Andy Acuna (Hughes STX)