Abstract: A magnetic bearing for centering a first body, which is mobile in tilting, relative to a second body includes: a hollow outer part at least part of which is made from a ferromagnetic material and which is attached to the first body and which has an inside surface whose shape is a portion of a sphere, an inner part which is attached to the second body and which includes two separate members which are separated by a space and which each include a plurality of (at least three) ferromagnetic areas which are offset angularly about the reference axis, which each define in conjunction with the inside surface of the hollow outer part two air-gaps offset relative to the reference axis and which are each provided with a specific winding adapted to generate magnetic flux lines closing across the two air-gaps, and an excitation circuit for selectively applying excitation currents to the windings.