An analytic function of lunar surface temperature for exospheric modeling
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a Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 21228, USA c Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228, USA University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA e Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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