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Lunar heat-flow experimentThe principal components of the experiment were probes, each with twelve thermometers of exceptional accuracy and stability, that recorded temperature variations at the surface and in the regolith down to 2.5 m. The Apollo 15 experiment and the Apollo 17 probes recorded lunar surface and subsurface temperatures. These data provided a unique and valuable history of the interaction of solar energy with lunar surface and the effects of heat flowing from the deep interior out through the surface of the moon. The interpretation of these data resulted in a clearer definition of the thermal and mechanical properties of the upper two meters of lunar regolith, direct measurements of the gradient in mean temperature due to heat flow from the interior and a determination of the heat flow at the Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 sites.
Document ID
19780010035
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Langseth, M. G. (Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Palisades, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1977
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-151619
CU-4-77
Accession Number
78N17978
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS9-6037
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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