The lunar atmosphere
Abstract
An investigation is conducted regarding the possibility that haloes surrounding astronauts on lunar photographs might be due to luminous oxygen. It is found that the observed phenomena are probably produced by diffraction effects.
- Publication:
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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
- Pub Date:
- April 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975JBIS...85..282W
- Keywords:
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- Apollo Flights;
- Astronauts;
- Halos;
- Lunar Photographs;
- Lunar Atmosphere;
- Lunar Exploration;
- Lunar Magnetic Fields;
- Lunar Surface;
- Manned Space Flight;
- Wave Diffraction;
- Instrumentation and Photography