Are There Documented Polarities in Comets' Magnetic Fields?

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Comets have what is called an "induced magnetosphere". Has anyone been able to document polarity in any of the observed comets magnetic fields yet ? If they have I'm curious how it relates to the orbital plane of the comet.

I haven't been able to locate that info if it exists so just asking if anyone else has.

Watching Rosetta and 67/P has me thinking about comets.
 
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