TRANSIENT RADIATIVE HEAT EXCHANGE AT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
Abstract
The surface of the Moon is characterized as an evacuated particulate medium in which radiative heat exchange between solid surfaces plays a decisive role in determining the transient behavior of the apparent temperature. A simple model is developed which permits quantitative comparisons with lunar surface temperature variations, observed in the 8-12 micron band, both during a lunation and a lunar eclipse. Thermal properties and certain surface characteristics are thereby inferred, including an effective microstructure scale of the order of 0.1 mm. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0639051
Entities
People
- D. F. Winter
Organizations
- Boeing