NASA NTRS · 19730035060
Lunar dust motion.
Abstract
Surveyor 7 photographed a bright glow along the western lunar horizon one hour after local sunset. This horizon glow must result from the forward scattering of sunlight by a swarm of dust grains extending 3 to 30 centimeters above the local horizon with a column density of 5 grains/sq cm. The observable glow is evoked by grains approximately 6 microns in radius. An annual churning rate of .001 g/sq cm is implied. A model is presented for dust cloud production in terms of electrostatic levitation of lunar surface fines.
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Criswell, D. R.. 1972-01-01. Lunar dust motion.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730035060
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