Science. 1960 Feb 5;131(3397):355-7. doi: 10.1126/science.131.3397.355.
Explicit integration of integrals of the type basic to comparison of observed and predicted values of the earth's mean total magnetic field reveals an error in the numerical integration recently employed by Raymond H. Wilson, Jr., in making such a comparison for the special case of Vanguard I. Correction of this error destroys the satisfactory agreement he found between the value implied by rotational damping and the theoretical value. Continued numerical improvement of all parts of my previous report, based on later accumulation and rediscussion of data, has revealed several small random adjustments, including the arithmetical correction discussed by LaPaz. The consequent result remains a satisfactory agreement of the groundobserved geomagnetic dipole field with that deduced from rotational retardation of the Vanguard I satellite.
显式积分是将观测值和预测值进行比较的基本方法，可用于地球平均总磁场，该方法的误差最近已被 Raymond H. Wilson,Jr. 用于 Vanguard I 的特殊情况。纠正这个错误会破坏他在旋转阻尼暗示值和理论值之间发现的令人满意的一致性。基于数据的后期积累和重新讨论，对我之前报告的所有部分进行持续的数值改进，揭示了几个小的随机调整，包括 LaPaz 讨论的算术校正。结果仍然是地面观测到的地磁偶极子磁场与从 Vanguard I 卫星的旋转延迟推断出的磁场之间的令人满意的一致性。
