Abstract A method has been developed for calculating the parameters of electron beam necessary for remote elemental analysis of lunar surface rocks using characteristic X-ray emission excited by electrons of the beam in a surface layer. It is shown that creation of a set of equipment intended for global mapping of the composition of main rock-forming elements in lunar soil probed from a low-altitude lunar orbiter is technically feasible. Possible influence of various physical factors present in space near the Moon on the remote elemental analysis is considered, including magnetic and electric fields and the natural background of corpuscular and X-ray radiation at the satellite orbit.

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利用人工电子束激发特征 X 射线发射对月球表面岩石进行远程 X 射线光谱元素分析

摘要 开发了一种利用表层电子激发的特征 X 射线发射计算对月球表面岩石进行远程元素分析所需的电子束参数的方法。研究表明，研制一套用于对低空月球轨道器探测到的月球土壤中主要造岩元素成分进行全球测绘的设备在技术上是可行的。考虑了月球附近空间中存在的各种物理因素对远程元素分析的可能影响，包括磁场和电场以及卫星轨道上微粒和X射线辐射的自然背景。