Published December 7, 2020 | Version 2
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Long-Term Observations and Physical Processes in the Moon's Extended Sodium Tail

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  • Brightness of the Sodium Moon Spot (SMS) is dominated by the Earth-Moon-Sun geometry
  • The SMS brightness appears to be correlated with the sporadic source of meteors
  • The SMS brightness apears not to be correlated with the density, the speed, the pressure, or the temperature of the solar wind.

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