Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 1972
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1972moon....4..419c&link_type=abstract
The Moon, Volume 4, Issue 3-4, pp. 419-429
Computer Science
9
Scientific paper
A preliminary analysis of the data from the UCLA magnetometer on board the Apollo 15 subsatellite indicates that remnant magnetization is a characteristic property of the Moon, that its distribution is such as to produce a rather complex pattern or fine structure, and that a detailed mapping of its distribution is feasible with the present experiment. The analysis also shows that lunar induction fields produced by transients in the interplanetary magnetic field are detectable at the satellite orbit so that in principle the magnetometer data can be used to determine the latitudinal and longitudinal as well as radial dependences of the distribution of electrical conductivity within the Moon. Finally, the analysis indicates that the plasma void or diamagnetic cavity which forms behind the Moon when the Moon is in the solar wind, is detectable at the satellite's orbit and that the flow of the solar wind near the limbs is usually rather strongly disturbed.
Coleman Paul J. Jr.
Russell Christopher T.
Schubert Gerald
Sharp L. R.
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