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IN a recent communication to Nature1 I have shown that the interplanetary magnetic fields measured by means of the space probes Pioneer 5, Explorer 10, Mariner 2 and Explorer 12 all verify the predictions about these fields which were published in 19602,3 as tests of the hypothesis that the Sun carries a large net negative electric charge.
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Bailey, V. A., Nature, 199, 1029 (1963).
Bailey, V. A., Nature, 186, 508 (1960).
Bailey, V. A., J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, 94, 77 (1960).
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BAILEY, V. The Sun's Electrical Charge. Nature 201, 1202–1203 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011202b0
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