Impactor material records the ancient lunar magnetic field in antipodal anomalies

S. Wakita; B. C. Johnson; I. Garrick-Bethell; M. R. Kelley; R. E. Maxwell; T. M. Davison

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26860-1

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Impactor material records the ancient lunar magnetic field in antipodal anomalies

S. Wakita,
B. C. Johnson,
I. Garrick-Bethell,
M. R. Kelley,
R. E. Maxwell,
T. M. Davison

Affiliations

S. Wakita: Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
B. C. Johnson: Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
I. Garrick-Bethell: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California
M. R. Kelley: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California
R. E. Maxwell: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California
T. M. Davison: Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26860-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Antipodes of large basins on the moon exhibit large areas of crustal magnetism. Here, the authors show that antipodal ejecta contains sufficient impactor material to explain the observed magnetization.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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