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Discovery of the solar windThe Explorer 10 satellite experiment which, in 1961, produced the first direct evidence of a solar wind, measured its density and its velocity, and established the existence of a region of space (the geomagnetic cavity) that surrounds the Earth and is shielded from the solar wind by the Earth's magnetic field is described.
Document ID
19850013962
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rossi, B. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: ESA Plasma Astrophys.
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
85N22272
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-22-009-015
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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