Lunar properties from transient and steady magnetic field measurements.

The electrical conductivity of the lunar interior has been determined from magnetic field step transients measured on the lunar dark side. The simplest model which best fits the data is a spherically symmetric three layer model having a nonconducting outer crust, an intermediate layer with electrical conductivity of .00035 mhos/m, and an inner core with conductivity of .01 mhos/m. Temperatures calculated from these conductivities in the three regions for an example of an olivine moon are as follows: crust, below 440 K; intermediate layer, 890 K; and core, 1240 K. The whole-moon relative permeability has been calculated from the measurements to be 1.03 plus or minus 0.13.