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Electromagnetic sounding of the moon using Apollo 16 and Lunokhod 2 surface magnetometer observations /preliminary results/A technique of deep electromagnetic sounding of the moon using simultaneous magnetic-field measurements at two lunar surface sites is described. The method, used with the assumption that deep electrical conductivity is a function only of lunar radius, has the advantage of allowing calculation of the external driving field from two surface-site measurements only and therefore does not require data from a lunar orbiting satellite. A transient-response calculation is presented for the example of a magnetic-field discontinuity, measured simultaneously by Apollo 16 and Lunokhod 2 surface magnetometers.
Document ID
19780043690
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Vanian, L. L.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Vnutchokova, T. A.
(Akademiia Nauk SSSR Institut Okeanologii, Moscow, Ussr)
Fainberg, E. B.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Eroschenko, E. A.
(Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Institut Zemnogo Magnetizma, Ionosfery i Rasprostraneniia Radiovoln Moscow, Ussr)
Dyal, P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Calif., United States)
Parkin, C. W.
(Santa Clara, University Santa Clara, Calif., United States)
Daily, W. D.
(Eyring Research Institute Provo, Utah, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: The Moon
Volume: 17
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
78A27599
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-2082
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-2075
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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