The science mission of SpaceIL's Beresheet lander

Oded Aharonson; Christopher T. Russell; James W. Head; Mark Wieczorek; Ian Garrick-Bethell; Benjamin P. Weiss; David E. Smith; Kathryn Rowe; Asaf Grosz; Shai Amrusi; Alexander Novoselsky; Nadav Nahaman; Yuval Grossman; Yonatan Shimoni; Ariel Gomez

doi:10.1016/j.pss.2020.105115

The science mission of SpaceIL's Beresheet lander

Oded Aharonson, Christopher T. Russell, James W. Head, Mark Wieczorek, Ian Garrick-Bethell, Benjamin P. Weiss, David E. Smith, Kathryn Rowe, Asaf Grosz, Shai Amrusi, Alexander Novoselsky, Nadav Nahaman, Yuval Grossman, Yonatan Shimoni, Ariel Gomez

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SpaceIL's lunar lander mission Beresheet was launched on February 22, 2019 and impacted its targeted landing site in Mare Serenitatis on the Moon on April 11, 2019. The spacecraft carried a package of scientific instruments including a fluxgate magnetometer and a retroreflector array for laser ranging, as well as a suite of cameras. Orbital measurements of the magnetic field from Kaguya and Lunar Prospector guided the selection of the landing site to a location west of Posidonius crater in the Serenitatis plains, where the magnitude of the modeled magnetic field reaches 8–10 nT at the surface. Data was collected by the SILMAG magnetometer from Earth orbit, lunar orbit, and during the descent maneuver, although its interpretation is hindered by the presence of a spacecraft field.

Original language	English
Article number	105115
Journal	Planetary and Space Science
Volume	194
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105115
State	Published - 1 Dec 2020

Keywords

Lander
Magnetic field
Magnetometer
Moon

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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