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dc.contributor.authorHood, Lon L.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, David L.
dc.contributor.authorLin, Robert P.
dc.contributor.authorAcuna, Mario H.
dc.contributor.authorBinder, Alan B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T20:17:00Z
dc.date.available2017-06-07T20:17:00Z
dc.date.issued1999-08-01
dc.identifier.citationInitial measurements of the lunar induced magnetic dipole moment using Lunar Prospector Magnetometer data 1999, 26 (15):2327 Geophysical Research Lettersen
dc.identifier.issn00948276
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/1999GL900487
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/624011
dc.description.abstractTwenty-one orbits of Lunar Prospector magnetometer data obtained during an extended passage of the Moon through a lobe of the geomagnetic tail in April 1998 are applied to estimate the residual lunar induced magnetic dipole moment. Editing and averaging of individual orbit segments yields a negative induced moment with amplitude −2.4 ±1.6 × 1022 Gauss-cm³ per Gauss of applied field. Assuming that the induced field is caused entirely by electrical currents near the surface of a highly electrically conducting metallic core, the preferred core radius is 340±90 km. For an iron-rich composition, such a core would represent 1 to 3% of the lunar mass.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Lunar Prospector Program is funded by contract from NASA Ames to LockheedMartin.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAMER GEOPHYSICAL UNIONen
dc.relation.urlhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/1999GL900487en
dc.rightsCopyright 1999 by the American Geophysical Union.en
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dc.titleInitial measurements of the lunar induced magnetic dipole moment using Lunar Prospector Magnetometer dataen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Laben
dc.identifier.journalGeophysical Research Lettersen
dc.description.note6 month embargo; First published: 1 August 1999en
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen
refterms.dateFOA2000-02-01T00:00:00Z
html.description.abstractTwenty-one orbits of Lunar Prospector magnetometer data obtained during an extended passage of the Moon through a lobe of the geomagnetic tail in April 1998 are applied to estimate the residual lunar induced magnetic dipole moment. Editing and averaging of individual orbit segments yields a negative induced moment with amplitude −2.4 ±1.6 × 1022 Gauss-cm³ per Gauss of applied field. Assuming that the induced field is caused entirely by electrical currents near the surface of a highly electrically conducting metallic core, the preferred core radius is 340±90 km. For an iron-rich composition, such a core would represent 1 to 3% of the lunar mass.


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