Initial measurements of the lunar induced magnetic dipole moment using Lunar Prospector Magnetometer data
dc.contributor.author | Hood, Lon L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, David L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, Robert P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Acuna, Mario H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Binder, Alan B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-07T20:17:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-07T20:17:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-08-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Initial measurements of the lunar induced magnetic dipole moment using Lunar Prospector Magnetometer data 1999, 26 (15):2327 Geophysical Research Letters | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 00948276 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1029/1999GL900487 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624011 | |
dc.description.abstract | Twenty-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.sponsorship | The Lunar Prospector Program is funded by contract from NASA Ames to LockheedMartin. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION | en |
dc.relation.url | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/1999GL900487 | en |
dc.rights | Copyright 1999 by the American Geophysical Union. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.title | Initial measurements of the lunar induced magnetic dipole moment using Lunar Prospector Magnetometer data | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary Lab | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Geophysical Research Letters | en |
dc.description.note | 6 month embargo; First published: 1 August 1999 | en |
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dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2000-02-01T00:00:00Z | |
html.description.abstract | Twenty-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. |