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Re-examination of the Venera-4 magnetic field measurements at Venus encounter suggests that Venus may have an intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of about 6.5¿1022 Gauss-cm3 which corresponds to a surface field of 30 gammas (1&ggr;=10-9 Tesla).