Magnetic Damping of Rotation of Satellite 1958β 2
Abstract
From over 200 observations of the decreasing spin rate of Vanguard I made during the year since its launching, eddy-current induction theory yields 0.115 ± 0.001 gauss as the mean magnetic field normal to the spin axis of the satellite. This measured value agrees with that deduced from Bauer's model of the earth's dipole field.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- September 1959
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.130.3378.791
- Bibcode:
- 1959Sci...130..791W