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Villante et al. 1979
Villante, U., Bruno, R., Mariani, F., Burlaga, L.F. and Ness, N.F. (1979). The shape and location of the sector boundary surface in the inner solar system. Journal of Geophysical Research 84: doi: 10.1029/JA080i011p06641. issn: 0148-0227.

Simultaneous observations by Helios 1 and Helios 2 over four solar rotations, between January 20 and May 23, 1976, were used to determine the latitudinal dependence of the polarity of the interplanetary magnetic field within ¿7.23¿ of the solar equator and within 1 AU. The longitudinal and latitudinal positions of the sector boundary crossing are consistent with a warped sector boundary which extended from the sun to 1 AU and was inclined ?10¿ with respect to the heliographic equator. This is consistent with simultaneous Pioneer 11 observations, which showed unipolar fields at latitude ?16¿ at heliocentric distances greater than 3.5 AU. Two sectors were observed at southern latitudes; however, four sectors were observed at northern latitudes on two rotations, indicating a distortion from planarity of the sector boundary surface.

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