Whitepaper #149 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: space weather applications; basic research. Additional topics: planetary magnetospheres; inner heliosphere.
by Jasper Halekas, Menelaos Sarantos, Leonardo Regoli, Yuki Harada, Yihua Zheng, Masaki Nishino, Sarah Vines, Jamey Szalay, Peter Chi, Omar Leon, Brett Denevi, David Sibeck, Li-Jen Chen, Christine Hartzell, Mihaly Horanyi, Adam Stanier, Rob Lillis, Heidi Fuqua Haviland, Xu Wang, John Keller, Xiao-Duan Zou, Feng Chu, Xin Cao, Shaosui Xu, Lucas Liuzzo, William Kurth, George Hospodarsky, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Shoichiro Yokota, Shahab Fatemi, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Liam Morrissey, Stuart Bale, Rhyan Sawyer, Andrew Jordan, Mauro Alves, Parvathy Prem, Robert Allen, Marco Ridenti, Dany Waller, David Blewett, David Malaspina, Orenthal Tucker, Andrew Poppe, Michael Nord, Cesare Grava, Lon Hood, Jan Deca, Thierry Dudok de Wit, George Ho, Georgiana Kramer, Vladimir Krasnoselskikh, and Prabal Saxena
Published onJul 31, 2023
The Value of the Moon for Heliophysics
The Moon represents an ideal heliophysics laboratory for the investigation of kinetic plasma physics, in situ measurements of the interplanetary and terrestrial environment, and remote measurements of geospace and beyond. Frequent future planned launches to the lunar vicinity, and international interest, make the Moon an appealing and accessible target for valuable heliophysics investigations.
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