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Negative ion mass spectrum from observations by the Negative Ion at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument onboard of the Chang'E-6 lunar lander.

https://doi.org/10.5878/v4sy-3t95
Mass resolved energy-time spectrogram of negatively charged particles recorded on the lunar surface by the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument on Chang'E-6. The data set contains raw detected counts summed over all surface pointing viewing directions.

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Moon, lunar surface, 153.978°W, 41.638°S based on Chang'E-2 derived coordinates or 153.986°W, 41,638°S based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter derived coordinates

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R. Canu-Blot, M. Wieser, M. Kerenyi, S. Barabash, X.-D. Wang, T. Maynadie, A. Zhang, W. Wang, N. Melville, Q. Wang, Y. Zou, H. Dou, H. Zhu, V. Alatalo, A. Edström, L. Kalla, S. Karlsson, M. Oja, J. Olsen, J. Peterson, D. Stålnacke, and D. Upton. The Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NILS) instrument on the Chang’E-6 mission. Research Square, 2024. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4718105/v1.

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https://doi.org/10.5878/v4sy-3t95

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