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Published September 10, 1965 | public
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Magnetic Field Measurements near Mars

Smith, Edward J.
Davis, Leverett, Jr.
Coleman, Paul J.
Jones, Douglas E.
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Abstract

During the encounter between Mariner IV and Mars on 14-15 July, no magnetic effect that could be definitely associated with the planet was evident in the magnetometer data. This observation implies that the Martian magnetic dipole moment is, at most, 3 x 10^(-4) times that of the earth.

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© 1965 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received 13 August 1965. The low field vector helium magnetometer was designed and fabricated by Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas (F. Reilly, project engineer) under the direction of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (D. Norris and J. Lawrence, cognizant engineers). Supported by NASA grants and contracts NASw-7 (E.J.S.), NsG426 (L.D.), NGR-05-007-065 (P.J.C.), and NGR-45-001-011 (D.E.J.)

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