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... field is orderly , decreasing out- ward as a dipole field should ; the field beyond is usually weaker and is disordered and turbulent . The geomagnetic field thus fails to decrease indefinitely with increasing distance from the earth ...
... field is orderly , decreasing out- ward as a dipole field should ; the field beyond is usually weaker and is disordered and turbulent . The geomagnetic field thus fails to decrease indefinitely with increasing distance from the earth ...
Page 81
... field , ionosphere , and solar wind interaction . The earliest spacecraft to fly by Venus , Mariner 2 and 5 and Venera 4 , found no measurable intensity in the plan- et's magnetic field . Data from the Pioneer Venus orbiter place the ...
... field , ionosphere , and solar wind interaction . The earliest spacecraft to fly by Venus , Mariner 2 and 5 and Venera 4 , found no measurable intensity in the plan- et's magnetic field . Data from the Pioneer Venus orbiter place the ...
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... field and a magnet- by ic field . Each of these fields can be represented by a electro- vector , which is an arrow drawn in the direction of the magnetic field and having a length proportional to the strength of the field . The electric ...
... field and a magnet- by ic field . Each of these fields can be represented by a electro- vector , which is an arrow drawn in the direction of the magnetic field and having a length proportional to the strength of the field . The electric ...
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