A global model of the internal magnetic field of the Moon based on Lunar Prospector magnetometer observations

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Purucker, Michael E ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

interior; Magnetic fields; Magnetospheres; Moon; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749106565     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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