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Mercury's weak core field can account for the crustal magnetism across most of its mapped north
A reanalysis of MESSENGER's low-altitude passes finds the planet's weak present-day field enough to explain crustal magnetism over more than 85 percent of the area north of 38 degrees north, a region covering under a fifth of Mercury.
Publishers:physicsworld.com
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