Long-term degradation of optical devices on the Moon
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The lunar dust coverage on the Surveyor 3 camera lens was roughly estimated as 25% of its surface area during 945 days of operation (0.8% per month) without human activities.
“The lunar dust coverage on camera lens was roughly estimated as 25% of its surface area during 945 days of operation (0.8% per month) without human activities (Murphy et al., 2010).”
From Influence of Back Electrostatic Field on the Collection Efficiency of an Electrostatic Lunar Dust Collector (2014) · cites this paper as Murphy et al., 2010
The Discussion (p. 8) reports that dust obscured an estimated 25% of the Surveyor 3 camera lens cover after 945 days, consistent with roughly 0.8% per month. But it suspects much of that dust resulted from Surveyor and Apollo 12 landing and surface activities, so the claim that the coverage occurred without human activities is not supported. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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- Authors
- Murphy, T. W., Adelberger, E. G., Battat, J. B. R., Hoyle, C. D., McMillan, R. J., Michelsen, E. L., Samad, R. L., Stubbs, C. W., & Swanson, H. E.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Cal Poly Humboldt (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Murphy, T.W.
- Venue
- Icarus
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-07
- Volume
- 208
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 31-35
- ISSN
- 0019-1035 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2081597131
- Cited by
- 93
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Icarus (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
- Keywords
- lunar laser ranging, lunar dust, corner cube prism, reflectivity loss, lunar environment, thermal performance
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