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Science 5 March 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3974, pp. 892 - 895
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3974.892
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Possible Fossil Lunar Magnetism Inferred from Satellite Data

J. D. Mihalov 1, C. P. Sonett 1, J. H. Binsack 2, and M. D. Moutsoulas 3

1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
3 Department of Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, England

Magnetization of selected nonmare areas, principally on the moon's far side, is inferred from positive disturbances in the magnitude of the magnetic field exterior to the magnetic signature of the lunar cavity observed in magnetometer data from the lunar orbiter Explorer 35. A less favored model for the field perturbations involves variations in the thickness of the low-conductivity crustal layer of the moon.


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A New Theory of Lunar Magnetism.
S. K. Runcorn, S. K. Runcorn, and H. C. Urey (1973)
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