Dipole Moments of the Planets and the sun

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The discussion focuses on the magnetic dipole moments of the planets and the Sun, with Earth’s dipole moment quantified at 8 x 1022 A*m2. The magnetic and electric field equations are provided, detailing how these fields are influenced by the dipole moments. The average dipole moments for various celestial bodies are listed, with notable absences for the Sun, Venus, and Mars. The discussion references data sources including NASA and CreationWiki for further information on planetary magnetic dipole moments.

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I am wondering if there is a source of the magniude of the Dipole moments of all the planets and the sun, m.

m(earth) is 8*10^22 A*m^2.

The Magnetic Field and the Electric Field such that:

Br = Mu0/4/pi*2*m*cos(Theta)/r^3
Btheta = Mu0/4/pi*m*sin(Theta)/r^3
Mphi = 0
Er = 1/4/pi/Epsilon*2*m*cos(Theta)/r^3
Etheta = 1/4/pi/Epsilon*m*sin(Theta)/r^3
Ephi = 0

I know that they actually fluctuate due to changing solar activities,ie solar flares and planetary topograpy but I want the average magnitudes just the same. Does anyone have this data or website?
 
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Found this link on the Nasa website. Anybody know why Sun, Venus and Mars are missing?

http://lepmfi.gsfc.nasa.gov/mfi/lepedu/planets.htm
 
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planetary magnetic dipole moments...



The Systeme International (S.I.) units for planetary magnetic dipole moments is:
\mu = \frac{\text{N} \cdot \text{m}}{\text{T}}
Newton-meters per Tesla.

All the currently available planetary magnetic dipole moments are available at creationwiki.org.

Planetary magnetic dipole moments (at present):
0 3.5 * 10^29 N-m/T Sol
1 3.8 * 10^19 N-m/T Mercury
2 8.0 * 10^17 N-m/T Venus
3 7.98 * 10^22 N-m/T Earth
4 2.1 * 10^18 N-m/T Mars
5 N/A Ceres
6 1.55 * 10^27 N-m/T Jupiter
7 4.6 * 10^25 N-m/T Saturn
8 3.0 * 10^24 N-m/T Uranus
9 1.5 * 10^24 N-m/T Neptune
10 N/A Pluto

In Terra units:
0 4385965
1 4.761905E-04
2 1.002506E-05
3 1
4 2.631579E-05
5 N/A
6 19423.56
7 576.4411
8 37.59398
9 18.79699
10 N/A

Interesting to note that the planetary magnetic moments decay with time.

Lunar: 1.3 * 10^15 N-m/T
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Reference:
Sun - Creationwiki
Solar System - scale image - Wikipedia
Solar system moons - scale image - Creationwiki
Ceres-Earth-Moon comparison - Wikipedia
Table of the planets - NASA
 
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