In:
Space Science Reviews, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 216, No. 6 ( 2020-09)
Abstract:
Chang’E 4 is the first mission to the far side of the Moon and consists of a lander, a rover, and a relay spacecraft. Lander and rover were launched at 18:23 UTC on December 7, 2018 and landed in the von Kármán crater at 02:26 UTC on January 3, 2019. Here we describe the Lunar Lander Neutron & Dosimetry experiment (LND) which is part of the Chang’E 4 Lander scientific payload. Its chief scientific goal is to obtain first active dosimetric measurements on the surface of the Moon. LND also provides observations of fast neutrons which are a result of the interaction of high-energy particle radiation with the lunar regolith and of their thermalized counterpart, thermal neutrons, which are a sensitive indicator of subsurface water content.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0038-6308
,
1572-9672
DOI:
10.1007/s11214-020-00725-3
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2017804-9
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2561549-X
SSG:
16,12
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