The remanent magnetic field of the moon

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Mar 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977rspta.285..489c&link_type=abstract

(Royal Society, Discussion on the Moon - A New Appraisal from Space Missions and Laboratory Analyses, London, England, June 9-12

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Lunar Magnetic Fields, Magnetic Measurement, Remanence, Lines Of Force, Lunar Far Side, Lunar Landing Sites, Lunar Surface, Magnetic Flux, Magnetization, Magnetometers, Satellite Observation, Solar Wind

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Measurements of the moon's remanent magnetic field near the Apollo landing sites and from lunar orbit with the Apollo subsatellites are reviewed. Contour maps are presented for the intensity of the radial, eastward, and northward components of the remanent field as measured with Apollo subsatellite magnetometers at altitudes of 10 to 170 km. Attempts to fit the subsatellite measurements to various models are discussed along with indirect measurements of the remanent field. It is shown that scale sizes of field sources range from 1 to at least 100 km, that the magnetic fields on the far side are stronger and more variable than those on the near side, and that the lunar remanent field apparently exhibits a significant latitude dependence. The origin of the field responsible for the remanent magnetization is considered.

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