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Lunar Swirl Reiner Gamma
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Lunar Swirl Reiner Gamma

NASA / GSFC · 2019-02-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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Research using data from NASA's ARTEMIS mission suggests that lunar swirls, like the Reiner Gamma lunar swirl imaged here by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, could be the result of solar wind interactions with the Moon's isolated pockets of magnetic field.

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Credit lineLunar Swirl Reiner Gamma. NASA/GSFC, 2019-02-27. Public domain. ID: reiner_gamma.

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