The space-probe plasma and magnetic evidence for Mars having a significant dipole field is uncertain and contradictory. If ionization processes in the planet's exosphere are taken into account, several discrepancies between observation and the fluid model can be explained. The possibility that some solar plasma flows directly into the atmosphere and is there absorbed is still open.
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