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Villante & Mariani 1975
Villante, U. and Mariani, F. (1975). On the radial variation of the interplanetary magnetic field: Pioneer 6. Geophysical Research Letters 2: doi: 10.1029/GL002i003p00073. issn: 0094-8276.

Analysis of simultaneous plasma and magnetic field observations by Pioneer 6 suggests, at heliocentric distances of 0.8 to 1.0 AU, significant deviations from Parker's theory: in particular, a radial variation as r-2 is estimated for the azimuthal magnetic field component.

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