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Apollo lunar portable magnetometer

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English: Figure 33 of On the Moon with Apollo 16: A Guidebook to the Descartes Region (NASA publication N72-19879, April 1972, by Dr. Gene Simmons), with caption:
Lunar Portable Magnetometer. This instrument is used to measure the magnetic field of the Moon at several different locations along the traverses. In use the electronics box will be mounted on the Rover. The tripod will be set about 50 feet away from the Rover. The astronaut orients the sensor box by the shadow cast by the shadow post. It is leveled by the astronaut as he watches a bubble level on the sensor box. The electric cable that connects the two boxes ls a flat ribbon containing many electrical wires.
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Source On the Moon with Apollo 16: A Guidebook to the Descartes Region (NASA publication N72-19879, April 1972, by Dr. Gene Simmons)
Author NASA

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