Sesquinaries, Magnetics and Atmospheres: Studies of the Terrestrial Moons and Exoplanets

Abstract

The surface brightness of Deimos, groove patterns on Phobos, crustal magnetic anomalies on the Moon and the composition of exoplanet atmospheres represent some of the most interesting and puzzling questions in planetary science. Why is Deimos significantly brighter and smoother than its partner moon Phobos?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031716

Entities

People

  • Michael Nayak

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computational Science
  • Escape Velocity
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Lepidoptera
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Moments
  • Mass Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Radial Velocity
  • Scattering
  • Solar System
  • Spectroscopy
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.