NDLI: Lunar surface magnetometers

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Dyal, P. Gordon, D.
Copyright Year	1965
Abstract	Magnetometers have been placed on the moon by astronauts of the Apollo 12, 14, 15, and 16 missions. These instruments have measured permanent fields due to fossil magnetic material in the lunar crust and transient fields due to electrical eddy currents generated in the lunar interior. A stationary magnetometer which transmits data continuously was flown on each of the Apollo 12, 15, and 16 missions as part of a group of five geophysical instruments emplaced on the lunar surface by the astronauts. A portable magnetometer which was used to make discrete measurements at different points of the astronauts lunar traverse was flown on the Apollo 14 and 16 missions. All instruments measured magnetic fields intrinsic to the moon. In this paper we will discuss the properties of both the stationary and portable magnetometers used in the Apollo program to measure static and dynamic fields on the lunar surface.
Sponsorship	IEEE Magnetics Society
Starting Page	226
Ending Page	231
Page Count	6
File Size	1106742
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189464
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1973-09-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Moon Magnetometers Magnetic field measurement Extraterrestrial measurements Geophysical measurements Instruments Current measurement Electric variables measurement Magnetic materials Eddy currents
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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