"First and foremost, this is a big surprise because we thought we know a lot about this region, the edge of the heliosphere," McComas says.

“首先，这太让人吃惊了，因为我们认为对日球层的边缘已经了解的够多的了，”麦科马斯说道。

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The SwRI team, led by space physicist David McComas, was starting up IBEX's high-speed particle detector just as the moon passed in front of its field of view.

由太空物理学家大卫·麦科马斯带领的西南研究院科研小组，正在启动 IBEX 上的高速粒子探测器，这时月球正好在该探测器的视野前经过。

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