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Science 16 November 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4113, pp. 710 - 711
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4113.710
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A Search for Far-Ultraviolet Emissions from the Lunar Atmosphere

Wm. G. Fastie 1, Paul D. Feldman 1, Richard C. Henry 1, H. Warren Moos 1, Charles A. Barth 2, Gary E. Thomas 2, and Thomas M. Donahue 3

1 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
2 University of Colorado, Boulder 80302
3 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

An ultraviolet spectrometer aboard the Apollo 17 orbiting spacecraft attempted to measure ultraviolet emissions from the lunar atmosphere. The only emissions observed were from a transient atmosphere introduced by the lunar landing engine. The absence of atomic hydrogen implies that solar wind protons are converted to hydrogen molecules at the lunar surface.


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