The remanent magnetic field of the moon

Abstract

This paper is intended as a review of the empirical data on the remanent magnetic field of the Moon. These data are from direct measurements of the remanent field with magnetometers on the lunar surface and on board the Apollo subsatellites, and indirect measurements derived from studies of the interactions of the solar wind and energetic particles with the Moon. This paper is intended as a review of the empirical data on the remanent magnetic field of the Moon. These data are from direct measurements of the remanent field with magnetometers on the lunar surface and on board the Apollo subsatellites, and indirect measurements derived from studies of the interactions of the solar wind and energetic particles with the Moon. Measurements on the surface of the M oon In a series of experiments performed during the Apollo program, Sonett, Dyal, and coworkers obtained measurements of the Moon’s remanent magnetic field at the sites of Apollos 12, 14, 15 and 16. (Dyal et al. (1974) have recently reviewed this work.) Two types of vector magnetometers were used in these experiments: a fixed, or station instrument; and a portable, or traverse, unit.