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Fig. 5

From: Sub-ion-gyro scale magnetic field compressions generated by the solar wind interaction with the moon

Fig. 5

Kaguya position at 13:29 on January 1, 2008, and the lunar crustal magnetic field. Kaguya is represented by a yellow cube (not in scale). The line of force of the magnetic field observed at Kaguya is represented by a purple bar extending from Kaguya. The orange line points to the Sun. The red, green, and blue lines indicate the \(x_{{ME}}\), \(y_{{ME}}\), and \(z_{{ME}}\) axes, respectively, of the mean Earth/Polar Axis (ME) reference system, where the \(x_{{ME}}\) axis is defined by the mean Earth direction, and the \(z_{{ME}}\) axis is defined by the mean rotational pole (LRO Project et al. 2008). The lunar surface is color-coded with the magnitude of the lunar crustal field at 0 km altitude (Tsunakawa et al. 2015). a A dawnside view. b A view from dayside, southern hemisphere. c An enlarged projection of Kaguya (a cross) and the closest approach of the linearly extrapolated line of force of the magnetic field at Kaguya (a square) radially onto the lunar surface

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