Physics – Fluid Dynamics
Scientific paper
Oct 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978natur.275..430r&link_type=abstract
Nature, vol. 275, Oct. 5, 1978, p. 430-432.
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
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Astronomical Models, Lunar Magnetic Fields, Lunar Rocks, Paleomagnetism, Planetology, Remanence, Apollo 15 Flight, Apollo 16 Flight, Earth-Moon System, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Anomalies, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetic Poles, Origin, Paleomagnetism, Core, Magnetic Fields, Anomalies, Moon, Surface, Lunar, Apollo 15, Rocks, Apollo 16, Magnetometers, Fluid Dynamics
Scientific paper
On the basis of an interpretation of magnetic field anomalies detected over part of the moon's surface in terms of magnetized areas of the lunar surface, it is shown that palaeomagnetic pole positions can be calculated. It is also shown that these poles are so clustered on the lunar surface that there is evidence against meteoritic or cometary processes as explanations of the remanent magnetization of the Apollo rocks. It is concluded that the moon had a magnetic field in its early history produced by dynamo processes in a fluid electrically conducting core.
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