multipole moment example: electrostatics homepage › Forums › multipole moment examples › multipole moment example: electrostatics This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 1 year, 3 months ago by mark-twain. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts November 1, 2021 at 6:50 pm #3976 Score: 0 mark-twainParticipant One example is in electrostatics. When an observer is far away from a charge distribution, the monopole contribution dominates. As the observer comes closer to the charge distribution, dipoles, quadrupoles and octrapoles become more important. Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In