Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30g..48r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 7, pp. 48-1, CiteID 1395, DOI 10.1029/2003GL016938
Physics
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Planetary Sciences: Magnetic Fields And Magnetism, Planetary Sciences: Surface Materials And Properties, Planetology: Solar System Objects: Moon (1221)
Scientific paper
Mapping and model simulations of Lunar Prospector magnetometer measurements show that the source of the strongest known magnetic anomaly on the lunar near side (42 nanoTeslas at 18.6 km altitude) coincides approximately with a high-albedo region of the Descartes mountains centered 60 km south-southeast of the Apollo 16 landing site. The Descartes mountains represent primary ejecta from one or more basin-forming events (Imbrium and/or Nectaris), supporting the hypothesis that basin ejecta materials emplaced >3.8 Gyr ago are the main sources of lunar magnetic anomalies. The higher albedo of the surface at this location is consistent with a significant role for solar wind ions in the optical maturation (or ``space weathering'') of the lunar surface.
Acuña M.
Binder Alan B.
Halekas Jasper S.
Hood Lon L.
Lin Robert P.
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