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Science 19 December 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3912, pp. 1502 - 1503
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3912.1502
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Apollo 11 Solar Wind Composition Experiment: First Results

F. Bühler 1, P. Eberhardt 1, J. Geiss 1, J. Meister 1, and P. Signer 2

1 Physikalisches Institute, University of Berne, 3000 Berne, Switzerland
2 Institute of Crystallography and Petrography, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, 8000 Zürich, Switzerland

The helium-4 solar wind flux during the Apollo 11 lunar surface excursion was (6.3 ± 1.2) x 106 atoms per square centimeter per second. The solar wind direction and energy are essentially not perturbed by the moon. Evidence for a lunar solar wind albedo was found.


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Trapped Solar Wind Noble Gases, Kr81/Kr Exposure Ages and K/Ar Ages in Apollo 11 Lunar Material.
P. Eberhardt, P. Eberhardt, J. Geiss, H. Graf, N. Grogler, U. Krahenbuhl, H. Schwaller, J. Schwarzmuller, and A. Stettler (1970)
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