[P-PS02] Lunar Science and Exploration

Thu. May 28, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 303 (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Yokota Shoichiro(Graduate School of Science, Osaka University), Kato Masahisa(Kyoto University)

More than a decade has passed since the operation of the Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya (SELENE), and its physical, chemical, and geological data have provided one of the global standards in lunar science. Furthermore, exploration missions by various national agencies - such as SLIM, the Chandrayaan series, LRO, LCROSS, LADEE, and the Chang'e series - together with ground-based observations, as well as analyses of Apollo, Luna, Chang'e samples, and lunar meteorites, have been contributing to the advance in lunar science to date. At present, countries around the world, including Japan, are actively advancing plans for the next-generation lunar exploration, including lander missions and sample-return projects. To further advance our understanding of the Moon and promote future missions, this session welcomes a wide range of contributions toward building a new lunar science, including research results derived from lunar exploration data, discussions on future lunar exploration programs such as LUPEX, proposals for the analysis of upcoming exploration data, related theoretical and experimental studies, results from lunar sample analyses, and developments in onboard instruments.

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

[PPS02-01] Topography-driven Positive Charging in Lunar Cavities and Pits and Its Implications for Exploration

★Invited Papers

*Jin Nakazono¹, Yohei Miyake¹ (1. Kobe university )

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

[PPS02-02] Electrostatic Charging and Dust Mobilization over the Lunar Dayside and Terminator Region: Correlations with CME-Driven Solar Wind and Geomagnetic Activity Indices

*Necmi Cihan Orger¹, Emine Ceren Kalafatoglu Eyiguler², Sara Aziz¹, Kazuhiro Toyoda¹, Mengu Cho^1,3 (1. Laboratory of Lean Satellite Enterprises and In-Orbit Experiments, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2. Athabasca University Geophysical Observatory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, 3. Department of Space, Semiconductor and Mechatronics Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology)

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

[PPS02-03] Mapping 100km altitude lunar crustal magnetic anomalies and tracking magnetic paleopole using LP, KAGUYA and KPLO magnetometer data

*Min-Jae Lee¹, Shunichi Kamata¹, Hyung Rae Kim² (1. Hokkaido University, 2. Kongju National University )

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[PPS02-04] Mass spectrometry of refractory ions emitted from the lunar surface due to the solar wind sputtering

*Shoichiro Yokota¹, Yoshifumi Saito², Kazushi Asamura², Masaki N Nishino², Kei Masunaga³, Kentaro Terada¹ (1. Graduate School of Science, University of Osaka , 2. ISAS/JAXA, 3. Yamagata University)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

[PPS02-05] Investigating Lunar Sodium and Potassium Pickup Ions Using MAP-PACE Observations from the Kaguya Orbiter

*Arwa Fazzani¹, Shoichiro Yokota¹, Kentaro Terada¹, Yoshifumi Saito², Kazushi Asamura², Masaki N Nishino², Kei Masunaga³ (1. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 2. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aeropace Exploration Agency, 3. Yamagata University)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[PPS02-06] Polar enhancement of lunar water-group ions observed by Kaguya Ion Mass Analyzer

*Kei Masunaga¹, Shoichiro Yokota², Yuki Harada³, Kunihiro Keika⁴, Naoki Terada⁵, Shotaro Sakai⁶, Ayako Matsuoka⁷, Hiromu Nakagawa⁵, Yudai Arai^4,8, Yoshifumi Saito⁸, Masaki N Nishino⁸, Makiko Ohtake⁹, Kazushi Asamura⁸, Hisayoshi Shimizu⁴, Futoshi Takahashi¹⁰, Masaki Matsushima¹¹ (1. Yamagata University, 2. Osaka University, 3. Nagoya University, 4. University of Tokyo, 5. Tohoku University, 6. Keio University, 7. Kyoto University, 8. Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, 9. Okayama University, 10. Kyushu University, 11. Institute of Science Tokyo)

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