Lunar Magnetic Anomalies and Surface Optical Properties
- 4 April 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 208 (4439) , 49-51
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.208.4439.49
Abstract
For typical solar wind conditions, lunar magnetic anomalies with dipole moments m >> 5 x 1013 gauss-cubic centimeters will strongly deflect the solar wind, producing local plasma voids at the lunar surface. The correlation of the largest observed anomalies (m ∼ 1016 gauss-cubic centimeters) with unusual, relatively high albedo surface features may therefore imply that solar wind ion bombardment is an important determinant of the optical properties of the lunar surface.Keywords
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