Lunar Calcium Exosphere During a CME (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Lunar Calcium Exosphere During a CME

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These are images from computer simulations of the lunar calcium exosphere during a CME (left) and the slow solar wind (right). Red and yellow indicate a relatively high abundance of calcium atoms while blue, purple, and black indicate a low abundance. The CME produces a much denser exosphere than the slow solar wind.

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Credit: NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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