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Science 7 December 1962:
Vol. 138. no. 3545, pp. 1099 - 1100
DOI: 10.1126/science.138.3545.1099
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Interplanetary Magnetic Fields

P. J. Coleman Jr. 1, Leverett Davis Jr. 2, E. J. Smith 3, and C. P. Sonett 4

1 University of California, Los Angeles
2 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
4 Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

Preliminary analysis of Mariner II magnetometer data indicates a persistent interplanetary field varying between a least 2 and 10 gamma (1ggr = 10-5 gauss). The interplanetary field appears to lie mainly in the ecliptic plane, although there is a substantial, fluctuating, transverse component. The Mariner II data agree reasonably well with the prior Pioneer V observations. Typically, variations as large as 5 to 10 gamma in the field component radial from the sun are measured. Correlations with the Mariner II plasma measurements have been observed.


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