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AFTER several recent measurements on the latitude effects of cosmic-ray intensities1–3 it has been suggested that the cosmic-ray equator coincides well with the geomagnetic dip equator rather than the geomagnetic dipole equator. Even if this is so, however, there is still a considerable discrepancy between the cosmic-ray and dip equators. One explanation of this discrepancy may be an inaccuracy of the position of the dip equator itself, because the dip equator is a curve obtained by interpolations among the observation points.
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OGUCHI, T., KODAMA, M. Difference between Cosmic-Ray Equator and the Geomagnetic Dip Equator. Nature 183, 103 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183103a0
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