Accession Number:

AD1031716

Title:

Sesquinaries, Magnetics and Atmospheres: Studies of the Terrestrial Moons and Exoplanets

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB United States

Personal Author(s):

• Nayak,Michael

Report Date:

2016-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

209.0

Abstract:

The surface brightness of Deimos, groove patterns on Phobos, crustal magnetic anomalies on the Moon and the composition of exoplanet atmospheres represent some of the most interesting and puzzling questions in planetary science. Why is Deimos significantly brighter and smoother than its partner moon Phobos

Descriptors:

• solar system
• atmospheric properties
• MAGNETIC ANOMALIES
• MOON
• PLANETARY SCIENCES
• SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS
• navigation
• guidance
• MARS (PLANET)
• impact
• monte carlo method
• probability distributions
• mass transfer
• radial velocity
• flight paths
• forward scattering
• measurement
• computer simulations
• magnetic moments

Subject Categories:

• Unmanned Spacecraft
• Astronomy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE