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Magnetic field of Uranus

Uranus has been visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, from which the following models are based. The Q₃ and AH₅ models used here can both be found in Russell and Dougherty (2010).

Q₃

Degree 2 model from Connerney et al. (1987)
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AH₅

Degree 3 model from Herbert (2009)
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Umoh

Degree 11 (damped) model from Holme and Bloxham (1996)
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Last modified: January 3, 2012
Terence Sabaka, Joseph Nicholas, Benoit Langlais, and Paul Shaklan
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Code 698, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Author: Michael Purucker