KAGUYA observation of global emissions of indigenous carbon ions from the Moon
Shoichiro Yokota, Kentaro Terada, Y. Saito, Daiba Kato, Kazushi Asamura, Masaki N. Nishino, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hideo Tsunakawa
Abstract
per square centimeter per second, which is greater than possible ongoing supplies from the solar wind and micrometeoroids. Our estimates demonstrate that indigenous carbon exists over the entire Moon, supporting the hypothesis of a carbon-containing Moon, where the carbon was embedded at its formation and/or was transported billions of years ago.
Topics & Concepts
AstrobiologyIndigenousCarbon fibersIonEnvironmental scienceGreenhouse gasEarth scienceRemote sensingAtmospheric sciencesGeologyMaterials scienceChemistryOceanographyPhysicsBiologyEcologyComposite materialComposite numberOrganic chemistryAstro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and ExplorationGeology and Paleoclimatology Research