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James Van Allen journal, 1951?-December 1954
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Sydney Chapman and Julius Bartels "Geomagnetism" Oxford (1940) Volume II page 644, Centered dipole pierces the earth's surface at 78.5 degrees South 111 degrees East and 78.5 degrees North 69 degrees West page 648 [ff? figures?] Eccentric Dipole [sketch/picture] geometric drawing of globe, axis, radius, off-center point C, etc, O, a OC=0.0536(a) =323 km C is in latitude 6.5 degrees North longitude 161.8 degrees East C lies only 10 km south of the equatorial plane of the central dipole The extension of the axis of the eccentric dipole pierces the earth's surface at 76.3 degrees South 121.2 East and at 80.1 degrees North 277.3 degrees East or 80.1 degrees North 82.7 degrees West ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Vestive? Vestine? Vostine?] et al. [="and others"] (1945) Location of Geomagnetic Pole [phi?]=78.6 degrees North, lambda=289.9 degrees East ( North : M=8.06 x (10 exponent 25) c.g.s. ) [phi?]=78.6 degrees South, lambda=109.9 degrees East ( South : M=8.06 x (10 exponent 25) c.g.s. )
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Sydney Chapman and Julius Bartels "Geomagnetism" Oxford (1940) Volume II page 644, Centered dipole pierces the earth's surface at 78.5 degrees South 111 degrees East and 78.5 degrees North 69 degrees West page 648 [ff? figures?] Eccentric Dipole [sketch/picture] geometric drawing of globe, axis, radius, off-center point C, etc, O, a OC=0.0536(a) =323 km C is in latitude 6.5 degrees North longitude 161.8 degrees East C lies only 10 km south of the equatorial plane of the central dipole The extension of the axis of the eccentric dipole pierces the earth's surface at 76.3 degrees South 121.2 East and at 80.1 degrees North 277.3 degrees East or 80.1 degrees North 82.7 degrees West ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Vestive? Vestine? Vostine?] et al. [="and others"] (1945) Location of Geomagnetic Pole [phi?]=78.6 degrees North, lambda=289.9 degrees East ( North : M=8.06 x (10 exponent 25) c.g.s. ) [phi?]=78.6 degrees South, lambda=109.9 degrees East ( South : M=8.06 x (10 exponent 25) c.g.s. )
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