Initial measurements of the lunar induced magnetic dipole moment using lunar prospector magnetometer data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2327-2330

  Hood, Lon L ^a   Mitchell, David L ^b   Lin, Robert P ^b   Acuna, Mario H ^c   Binder, Alan B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Lunar Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE MOMENT; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; MOON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; ORBITS; SURFACES;

APPLIED FIELD; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; GEOMAGNETIC TAIL; INDUCED FIELD; INDUCED MAGNETIC DIPOLES; LUNAR PROSPECTORS; MEASUREMENTS OF; METALLIC CORES;

ORBITS; GEOMAGNETISM;

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING METALLIC CORE; GEOMAGNETIC TAIL; LUNAR INDUCED MAGNETIC DIPOLE MOMENT; LUNAR PROSPECTOR MAGNETOMETER DATA;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON;

EID: 0033452776     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900487     Document Type: Article

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