[meteorite-list] Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks?

[Paul]

Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks?
Simulations show how e/ects of asteroid impact could amplify the early Moon's weak magnetic field. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, May 2025
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/have-we-finally-solved-mystery-of-magnetic-moon-rocks/

The open access paper is:

S. Narrett, I., Oran, R., Chen, Y., Miljković, K., Tóth, G., 
Mansbach, E.N. and Weiss, B.P., 2025. Impact plasma
amplification of the ancient lunar dynamo. Science 
Advances, 11(21), p.eadr7401.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr7401

Yours,

Paul H.