Correlation of a strong lunar magnetic anomaly with a high-albedo region of the Descartes mountains

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Richmond, N C ^a   Hood, L L ^a   Halekas, J S ^b   Mitchell, D L ^b   Lin, R P ^c   Acuna, M ^c   Binder, A 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

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MOON; LANDFORMS; LUNAR MISSIONS; MAGNETISM; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR WIND; LANDING SITE; LUNAR MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; LUNAR PROSPECTORS; LUNAR SURFACE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MODEL SIMULATION; SOLAR-WIND IONS; SPACE WEATHERING;

GEOPHYSICS; LUNAR LANDING;

ALBEDO; LUNAR CRUST; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MOON; WEATHERING;

EID: 0141483405     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016938     Document Type: Article

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