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March 8, 1999

Magnetic Fields in the Solar System, or, Don’t Leave Earth Without a Magnetometer!

Dr. Margaret Galland Kivelson
(also here) University of California, Los Angeles

Darwin 103
3:00 PM

Dr. Margaret Galland Kivelson (also here) of the University of California, Los Angeles will discuss the generation and properties of magnetic fields of planets and moons and explain how one can use spacecraft magnetometer measurements to learn about the interiors of these bodies.