aInstitute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Over four Venus years of low altitude nightside PVO magnetometer observations are used to establish a new upper limit for the magnetic moment of Venus. Improvements over previous studies include data coverage and new instrument calibration information. The upper limit on an internal dipole moment is determined to be 8.4 × 1010 T m3.