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SCIENCE
卷 323, 期 5912, 页码 356-359出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1166804
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- Charles E. Reed Faculty Initiatives Fund
- Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
It is uncertain whether the Moon ever formed a metallic core or generated a core dynamo. The lunar crust and returned samples are magnetized, but the source of this magnetization could be meteoroid impacts rather than a dynamo. Here, we report magnetic measurements and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronological calculations for the oldest known unshocked lunar rock, troctolite 76535. These data imply that there was a long- lived field on the Moon of at least 1 microtesla similar to 4.2 billion years ago. The early age, substantial intensity, and long lifetime of this field support the hypothesis of an ancient lunar core dynamo.
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