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How to determine the best-fit magnetic dipole Gauss coefficient in a shifted coordinate system?

Introduction A planetary magnetic field $\vec{B}$ can be described outside of the planet using Gauss coefficients $g_n^m$ and $h_n^m$ and a spherical harmonic expansion: $$\vec{B} \;=\; -\vec{\...
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