Microwave Emission Spectrum of the Moon: Mean Global Heat Flow and Average Depth of the Regolith
Abstract
Earth-based observations of the lunar microwave brightness temperature spectrum at wavelengths between 5 and 500 centimeters, when reexamined in the light of physical property data derived from the Apollo program, tentatively support the high heat flows measured in situ and indicate that a regolith thickness between 10 and 30 meters may characterize a large portion of the lunar near side.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- January 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.187.4171.64
- Bibcode:
- 1975Sci...187...64K
- Keywords:
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- Brightness Temperature;
- Emission Spectra;
- Heat Flux;
- Lunar Temperature;
- Microwave Emission;
- Radio Spectra;
- Lunar Radiation;
- Lunar Surface;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Surface Layers;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration