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Is there a "solar wind" on the moon &, if so, how fast is it travelling?

I just read that the American astronauts from Apollo 11 placed solar wind measuring devices on the surface of the moon. Probably the others did also. IF there is solar wind, could that be used to generate electricity?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    That should probably be 3,500,000 protons per cubic meter. We could easily build a collector for the Moon that produced a few microwatts of electricity on the moon's surface (the 2 weeks out of 4 that there is sunlight) but solar panels are far more practical. Neil

  • 5 years ago

    The gunpowder would propel the bullet the two, despite the fact that the bullet does not decelerate as lots, because of the fact the moon does not have an ecosystem like the Earth. So specific, that is going to in many circumstances return and forth slightly bit faster. The bullet would additionally adventure plenty extra, on condition that there is far less gravity to grant the bullet returned off the floor. If we unravel the fee into factors, gravity maximum valuable impacts the vertical velocity, now no longer the horizontal, so with the comparable preliminary velocity and a lesser gravity, the hollow travelled would be extra suitable.

  • 8 years ago

    What Bill said. And it's not that kind of 'wind'. So, strongly doubt it could make electricity. Well, not with our current technology. Solar panels are still the way to go.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    AT present the

    Solar wind

    speed: 327.7 km/sec Kilometers per Second

    density: 3.6 protons/cm3 The density is 3.5 Protons per cubic meter

    Source(s): Spaceweather.com
  • 4 years ago

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    Source(s): Guide To Solar Power - http://solar.eudko.com/?kvR
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