Solar Wind Spectrometer

Solar Wind Spectrometer
	The Apollo 15 Solar Wind Spectrometer experiment on the Moon
Acronym	SWS
Notable experiments	Apollo 12 and Apollo 15

The Solar Wind Spectrometer was a scientific package that flew on the Apollo 12 and Apollo 15 missions to the surface of the Moon.^[1]^[2]^[3] The goal was to characterise the solar wind near the Moon's surface and to explore its interactions with the lunar environment. The experiments' principal investigator was Dr Conway W. Snyder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

^ Snyder, C. W.; Neugebauer, M.; Clay, D. R.; Goldstein, B. E. (1972-01-01). "Observations with the Solar Wind Spectrometers of Apollo-12 and Apollo-15 ALSEPs". Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Vol. 3. Lunar and Planetary Science Institute. p. 714. Bibcode:1972LPI.....3..714S.
^ "Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report". history.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
^ Hundhausen, A. J. (1968-12-01). "Direct observations of solar-wind particles". Space Science Reviews. 8 (5): 690–749. Bibcode:1968SSRv....8..690H. doi:10.1007/BF00175116. ISSN 1572-9672. S2CID 123607434.

[1] Snyder, C. W.; Neugebauer, M.; Clay, D. R.; Goldstein, B. E. (1972-01-01). "Observations with the Solar Wind Spectrometers of Apollo-12 and Apollo-15 ALSEPs". Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Vol. 3. Lunar and Planetary Science Institute. p. 714. Bibcode:1972LPI.....3..714S.

[:0-2] "Apollo 12 Preliminary Science Report". history.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-08.

[:1-3] Hundhausen, A. J. (1968-12-01). "Direct observations of solar-wind particles". Space Science Reviews. 8 (5): 690–749. Bibcode:1968SSRv....8..690H. doi:10.1007/BF00175116. ISSN 1572-9672. S2CID 123607434.

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