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Space Exploration of Planetary Magnetism

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This chapter gives a brief overview of the major observational advances in our quantitative knowledge of the intrinsic magnetic fields of the 8 planets, except Earth, from Mercury to Neptune, since “The Space Age” began on 4 October 1957 with the USSR launching of the world’s first artificial satellite SPUTNIK I.

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Ness, N.F. Space Exploration of Planetary Magnetism. Space Sci Rev 152, 5–22 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-009-9567-9

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