And as governmental agencies and private space companies gear up for new lunar missions this decade, the promise of more data is right around the corner. (While the moon has no magnetic field today, rock samples suggest it once had a magnetic field that rivaled Earth's). Gaining a deeper understanding of the moon's inner workings can help scientists further unravel its geologic mysteries, such as what happened to the once-powerful lunar magnetic field. According to the researchers, this may explain the presence of iron on the moon's surface. How High the Moon by kyliselle jaysal 484 Superstar jaysal 484 PostJan 20, 20111T00:48 Title: How High the Moon, Part ONE of FIVE Pairing: Kirk/Spock Rating: NC-17 Category: Romance Angst H/C Summary:After the destruction of Vulcan, Spock shielded his mind to protect it from his broken bond with T'Pring. In addition, the study found the first evidence of mantle overturn on the moon - a process by which warmer molten material rises through the mantle like blobs of wax in a lava lamp. This small size likely explains why scientists had such a hard time detecting it, according to the researchers. Using a detailed computer model built on geological data from the Apollo program and NASA's GRAIL mission - which used a pair of probes to monitor the moon's gravitational field for more than a year - the researchers determined that the inner core is about 310 miles (500 km) in diameter, or only 15% of the Moon's width. Now, the new study has confirmed that this dense inner core exists.
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