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Table 1 Short period magnetic enhancements detected by Kaguya

From: Sub-ion-gyro scale magnetic field compressions generated by the solar wind interaction with the moon

#

yr/mm/dd

hh:mm:ss

Duration [s]

|B| max [nT]

|B| pre [nT]

Kaguya Altitude [km]

Solar wind Vx [kms−1]

Solar wind density [× 106 m−3]

Dynamic pressure*

[nPa]

IP magnetic discon-tinuity

1

2008/1/1

13:29:20.0442

6.969

4.9

3.0

108

Kaguya 330

ACE 380

Kaguya 1.6

ACE -

0.29

-

no

2

2008/3/10

09:26:45.0810

2.250

6.6

4.5

91

Kaguya -i

ACE 630

WIND 652

Kaguya -i

ACE -

WIND 2.4

-

-

1.7

no

3

2008/6/8

05:43:06.0615

9.969

8.5

3.7

92

Kaguya -i

ACE 501

Kaguya -i

ACE 3.6

-

1.5

yes

4

2008/8/5

03:28:35.3177

9.281

3.4

0.9

90

Kaguya -n

ACE 310

WIND 315

Kaguya -n

ACE -

WIND 9.0

-

-

1.5

yes

5

2008/11/27

04:26:28.0460

3.469

6.0

3.3

110

Kaguya -

ACE 600

Kaguya -

ACE 2

-

1.2

yes

6

2008/12/21

23:50:28.0383

9.969

5.8

3.6

101

Kaguya -n

ACE 300

WIND 296

Kaguya -n

ACE -

WIND 5.7

-

-

0.83

yes

  1. (-) no data (-n) nightside (-i) Kaguya IMA no data (*) typical value of dynamic pressure was 1.7 nPa calculated from the solar wind speed 450 km s−1 and density 5 × 106 m−3