00:00Reiner Gamma is to Calcafe not a typical learning site.
00:03That's where the so-called Luna Swirl is located,
00:07a bright spiral-like structure that forms due to the local magnetic field.
00:12That's extremely fascinating because the Moon doesn't have a global magnetic field,
00:16but Reiner Gamma shows local magnetic anomalies.
00:21IM3 will have a magnetometer and plasma instruments on board
00:25to study exactly this region,
00:28because local magnetic fields might protect regolith from weathering by the solar wind.
00:33That's relevant for infrastructure planning, surface resources and habitat locations.
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