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Instrument Information |
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| IDENTIFIER | urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:instrument.ldex__ladee::1.0 |
| NAME |
LUNAR DUST EXPERIMENT |
| TYPE |
DUST DETECTOR |
| DESCRIPTION |
The Lunar Dust Experiment is an in situ instrument designed to characterize the dust exosphere by mapping the size and spatial distributions of dust grains in the lunar environment as a function of local time and the position of the Moon with respect to the magnetosphere of the Earth. |
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| REFERENCES |
LADEE LDEX PDS Software Interface Specification, Rev C,
Ames Research Center Document, April 16, 2014 Horyani, M., Z. Sternovsky, M. Lankton, C. Dumont, S. Gagnard, D. Gathright, E. Grun, D. Hansen, D. James, S. Kempf, B. Lamprecht, R. Srama, J. R. Szalay, and G. Wright, The Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) onboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission, Space Science Reviews, submitted, 2014. |
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