Lunar Crustal Magnetic Features Observed by Artemis
Abstract
The very low periselene of the Artemis probes allows for the detection ofcrustal magnetic features at the Moon. Some of these magnetic anomalies arestrong enough to produce upstream waves due to the interaction with the solarwind. Several low passes over the same region are used to confirm the crustalorigin of the observed magnetic field. Using a model for the decay of themagnetic field intensity and measurements at several altitudes we estimate themagnetic moment and the depth of the equivalent dipole.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014AGUFMSM51F4328C
- Keywords:
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- 2732 Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings;
- 2780 Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies;
- 6218 Jovian satellites;
- 6280 Saturnian satellites