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ReinerGamma()isanalbedofeaturethatislocatedontheOceanusProcellarum,tothewestofthecraterReinerontheMoon.Thecenteroftheformationislocatedatselenographiccoordinates
.Ithasanoveralldimensionofabout70kilometres.Thefeaturehasahigheralbedothantherelativelydarkmaresurface,withadiffuseappearanceandadistinctiveswirling,concentricovalshape.Relatedalbedofeaturescontinueacrossthesurfacetotheeastandsouthwest,forminglooplikepatternsoverthemare.
ReinerGammaisnotassociatedwithanyparticularirregularitiesinthesurface,andsothecausewasamysteryuntilsimilarfeatureswerediscoveredinMareIngeniiandMareMarginisonphotographstakenbyorbitingspacecraft.[1]ThefeatureonMareIngeniiislocatedatthelunaroppositepointfromthecenterofMareImbrium.LikewisethefeatureonMareMarginisisoppositethemidpointofMareOrientale.Thusitisbelievedthatthefeatureresultedfromseismicenergiesgeneratedbytheimpactsthatcreatedthesemaria.UnfortunatelythereisnosuchlunarmareformationlocatedpreciselyontheoppositesurfaceoftheMoon,althoughthelargecraterTsiolkovskiylieswithinonecraterdiameter.
ThecentralfeatureofReinerGammadoesbeararesemblancetothedipolarformationcreatedbyironfilingsonasurfacewithabarmagnetontheunderside.Loworbitingspacecrafthaveobservedarelativelystrongmagneticfieldassociatedwitheachofthesealbedomarkings.Somehavespeculatedthatthismagneticfieldandthepatternswerecreatedbycometaryimpacts.Howeverthetruecauseremainsuncertain.
ReinerGamma'smagneticfieldstrengthisapproximately15nT,measuredfromanaltitudeof28km.ThisisoneofthestrongestlocalizedmagneticanomaliesontheMoon.[2]Thesurfacefieldstrengthofthisfeatureissufficienttoformaminimagnetospherethatspans360kmatthesurface,forminga300kmthickregionofenhancedplasmawherethesolarwindflowsaroundthefield.[3]Astheparticlesinthesolarwindareknowntodarkenthelunarsurface,themagneticfieldatthissitemayaccountforthesurvivalofthisalbedofeature.[4]
InearlylunarmapsbyFrancescoMariaGrimaldi,thisfeaturewasincorrectlyidentifiedasacrater.HiscolleagueGiovanniRicciolithennameditGalilaeus,afterGalileoGalilei.ThenamewaslatertransferrednorthwesttothecurrentcraterGalilaei.
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References1. Huddleston,MarvinW."LunarSwirls,MagneticAnomalies,andtheReinerGammaFormation".Associationof
Lunar&PlanetaryObservers.Retrieved20100419.2. Richmond,N.C.etal.(2003)."CorrelationofaStrongLunarMagneticAnomalywithaHighAlbedoRegionof
theDescartesMountains".GeophysicalResearchLetters30(7):48.Bibcode:2003GeoRL..30g..48R.doi:10.1029/2003GL016938.
3. Wieser,Martinetal.(March2010)."Firstobservationofaminimagnetosphereabovealunarmagneticanomalyusingenergeticneutralatoms".GeophysicalResearchLetters37(5):L05103.arXiv:1011.4442.Bibcode:2010GeoRL..3705103W.doi:10.1029/2009GL041721.
4. L.L.HoodC.R.Williams(1989)."TheLunarSwirlsDistributionandPossibleOrigins".Proceedings19thLunarandPlanetaryScienceConference.CambridgeUniversityPress/LunarandPlanetaryInstitute.Retrieved20060627.
Otherreferences
EwenA.Whitaker,MappingandNamingtheMoon:AHistoryofLunarCartographyandNomenclature,CambridgeUniversityPress,1999,ISBN0521622484.
Externallinks
Phillips,Tony(20060626)."MysteriousLunarSwirls".Science@NASA.Retrieved20060627.Overexposed35mmNikoncameraimageofReinerGammafromApollo17:AS1715823895(http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS1715823895)LunarOrbiter4imageshowingReinerGammainupperleft:IV157H1
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