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Magnetic fields near Mars - First resultsThe magnetic fields of Mars have been measured from Phobos 2 with high temporal resolution in the tail and down to an 850-km altitude. During four successive highly elliptical orbits, the position of the bow shock as well as that of a transition layer, the 'planetopause', were identified. Subsequent circular orbits at 6000-km altitude provided the first high-resolution data in the planetary tail and indicate that the interplanetary magnetic field mainly controls the magnetic tail. Magnetic turbulence was also detected when the spacecraft crossed the orbit of Phobos, indicating the possible existence of a torus near the orbit of this moon.
Document ID
19900025607
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Riedler, W.
(Academy of Sciences Graz, Austria)
Schwingenschuh, K.
(Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Institut fuer Weltraumforschung, Graz, Austria)
Moehlmann, D.
(Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR Institut fuer Kosmosforschung, Berlin, German Democratic Republic)
Oraevskii, V. N.
(Academy of Sciences Graz, Austria)
Eroshenko, E.
(AN SSSR, Institut Zemnogo Magnetizma, Ionosfery i Rasprostraneniia Radiovoln Troitsk, Ussr)
Slavin, J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 19, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 341
ISSN: 0028-0836
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
90A12662
Distribution Limits
Public
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