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BLACKETT'S suggestive formula1 connecting the magnetic moment of a rotating celestial body P with its angular momentum U, 
where G represents the constant of gravitation, c the velocity of light and β a dimensionless quantity of order unity, has rightly aroused a great deal of criticism when it was considered to imply that every moving particle bears a virtual negative electric charge proportional to its mass.
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For example, Eddington, “The Internal Constitution of the Stars”.
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BERLAGE, H. The Fundamental Relation between the Magnetic Moment and the Structure of Rotating Celestial Bodies. Nature 165, 242–243 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165242a0
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