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Old 25-01-2011, 05:22 PM
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Hmm … interesting one, Carl;

I thought that rotating liquid metal (iron) in the core of a moon/planet usually generates a dipolar magnetic field. I think the moon only has localised crustal magnetic fields - not dipolar (??)

Interesting ..

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