File:Magnetic field strength of the Moon (linear and logarthmic scales).png
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English: The magnetic field strength of the Moon is plotted 30 km above the mean planetary radius using both a linear (upper row) and logarithmic (lower row) color scale. The field strength maps are presented in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projections centered over the nearside (left) and farside (right) hemispheres and are overlain by a shaded relief map derived from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (Smith et al. 2010). Grid lines are spaced every 30° in latitude and longitude. The magnetic field data are from Tsunakawa et al. (2015), which is based on Lunar Prospector and Kaguya measurements. |
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| Author | Mark A. Wieczorek |
References:
Smith, D. E., Zuber, M. T., Neumann, G. A., Lemoine, F. G., Mazarico, E., Torrence, M. H., McGarry, J. F., Rowlands, D. D., Head, J. W., Duxbury, T. H., Aharonson, O., Lucey, P. G., Robinson, M. S., Barnouin, O. S., Cavanaugh, J. F., Sun, X., Liiva, P., Mao, D., Smith, J. C., & Bartels, A. E. (2010). Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). Geophysical Research Letters, 37(18), https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043751
Tsunakawa, H., Takahashi, F., Shimizu, H., Shibuya, H., & Matsushima, M. (2015). Surface vector mapping of magnetic anomalies over the Moon using Kaguya and Lunar Prospector observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(6), 1160–1185. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JE004785
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