title: Lunar magnetic anomalies and surface optical properties.
abstract: For typical solar wind conditions, lunar magnetic anomalies with dipole moments m >> 5 x 10(13) gauss-cubic centimeters will strongly deflect the solar wind, producing local plasma voids at the lunar surface. The correlation of the largest observed anomalies (m approximately 10(16) gauss-cubic centimeters) with unusual, relatively high albedo surface features may therefore imply that solar wind ion bombardment is an important determinant of the optical properties of the lunar surface.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schubert