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OCR: MAGNETIC FIELD Data Mercury possesses Imagnetic field. but its strenath is only one hundredth the strength of the Earth' Possible explanations for the magnetic field linclude a dynamo in Mercury large iron core fossil" field which once existed and magnetized the iron and rocks pue an induced field caused by iteractions with the Sun However none of these theories completely explains the measured field. The magnetic field causes magnetosphere similar to the Earth's but without radiation belts. include ossil ions ains uses magnetospher adiation