A SOFT-X-RAY IMAGE OF THE MOON

被引：58

作者：

SCHMITT, JHMM ^{[1
]}

SNOWDEN, SL ^{[1
]}

ASCHENBACH, B ^{[1
]}

HASINGER, G ^{[1
]}

PFEFFERMANN, E ^{[1
]}

PREDEHL, P ^{[1
]}

TRUMPER, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV WISCONSIN,DEPT PHYS,MADISON,WI 53706

来源：

NATURE | 1991年 / 349卷 / 6310期

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D O I：

10.1038/349583a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A soft X-ray image of the Moon obtained by the Rontgen Observatory Satellite ROSAT clearly shows a sunlit crescent, demonstrating that the Moon's X-ray luminosity arises from backscattering of solar X-rays. The Moon's optically dark side is also X-ray dark, and casts a distinct shadow on the diffuse cosmic X-ray background. Unexpectedly, the dark side seems to emit X-rays at a level about one per cent of that of the bright side; this emission very probably results from energetic solar-wind electrons striking the Moon's surface.

引用

页码：583 / 587

页数：5

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