Large Impact-generated Current Pulses and a Re-evaluation of the Magnetic Signature around Lunar Impact Craters
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SIGNATURE AROUND LUNAR IMPACT CRATERS. F. T. Freund, H. H. Jones, B. W. S. Lau, A. Takeuchi, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 242-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, [email protected], Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, 515 N Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94043, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 553, Greenbelt, MD 20771, [email protected], Department of Chemistry, Niigata University, Japan
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