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Model for magnetic mystery

Nature volume 421, pages 119–120 (2003)Cite this article

Today, the Moon has no magnetic field, but analyses of lunar rocks suggest that it did in the past. Did changes in the lunar interior create a magnetic dynamo billions of years ago?

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Figure 1: The Moon's magnetic past.

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    Present address: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 02139, Massachusetts, USA

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