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Solar wind flow about the outer planets - Gas dynamic modeling of the Jupiter and Saturn bow shocksIt has been found that the solar wind is diverted about planets through the formation of bow shocks which heat and deflect the flow. These observations are based on missions concerned with Mercury, Venus, earth, and Mars during the 1960s and 1970s. The present study has the objective to extend to Jupiter and Saturn certain aspects of the analyses which have been carried out on the terrestrial planets. In particular, the Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 observations near Jupiter and Saturn are used to characterize the relevant upstream flow parameters at 5 and 9 AU. Attention is given to solar wind parameters, bow shock and magnetopause models, and the solar wind standoff distance, and aspects of gas-dynamic modeling.
Document ID
19850058027
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Slavin, J. A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Smith, E. J.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Spreiter, J. R.
(Stanford University CA, United States)
Stahara, S. S.
(RM Associates, Inc. Lafayette, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 90
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
85A40178
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-278
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-4011
Distribution Limits
Public
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