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According to the NASA website, the magnetic field on Mercury has the following characteristics:

Dipole field strength: 0.0033 gauss-Rh3

Dipole tilt to rotational axis: 169 degrees

Longitude of tilt: 285 degrees (from Mercury I flyby)

115 degrees (from Mercury III flyby)

(whereby Rh denotes Mercurian radii, 2,439 km)

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It is 1/100th as strong as ours, but does deflect the solar wind to some degree

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