Download or read book The Magnetic Field in the Very Close Neighborhood of Mars According to Data from the Mars 2 and Mars 3 Spacecraft written by Sh. Sh Dolginov and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnetic field in the close proximity of planet Mars according to data from Mars 2 and Mars 3 spacecraft is discussed. The magnetometers on the spacecraft detected a field whose intensity near the orbital periapses was 7 to 10 times higher than the interplanetary field at the distance of the Martian orbit. The nature of the observed field is described.