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Mars magnetism
alan
post May 3 2018, 07:25 PM
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Mars crustal magnetism as measured by Mars global Surveyor:

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I noticed the resemblance of parts of it to satellite tracks, but they are somewhat off center.

So I tried NASA's GISS map projector, and playing a hunch used the antipodes of the Borealis Basin as the center:

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Has anyone read anything explaining why the curves they make should be roughly centered at the basin's antipodes?
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- alan   Mars magnetism   May 3 2018, 07:25 PM
- - mcaplinger   http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda.../2008...   May 3 2018, 07:55 PM
- - serpens   Alternatively Sprenke and Baker provided a reasona...   May 8 2018, 05:50 AM
- - ectoterrestrial   QUOTE (alan @ May 3 2018, 12:25 PM) Mars ...   Dec 1 2018, 12:26 AM
- - serpens   Assuming that early Mars reflected Earth with a mo...   Dec 2 2018, 11:45 PM
- - ectoterrestrial   QUOTE (serpens @ Dec 2 2018, 04:45 PM) As...   Dec 3 2018, 06:48 AM

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