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Venus ionospheric tail rays - Spatial distributions and interplanetary magnetic field controlThe overall properties of Venus ionospheric tail rays (such as density, spatial extent, and distribution) and their relationship to the draped magnetic field configuration behind the planet were investigated using measurements obtained by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter Langmuir probe, a magnetometer, and a plasma-wave detector. The results suggest that tail rays are a normal feature of the steady solar wind interaction with Venus and are not generally associated with a central tail plasma sheet. The statistics of the tail rays occurrence point toward the existence of a distributed terminator ionosphere source, consistent with findings of Brace et al. (1990).
Document ID
19910070191
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ong, M.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Luhmann, J. G.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Russell, C. T.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Strangeway, R. J.
(California, University Los Angeles, United States)
Brace, L. H.
(Michigan, University Ann Arbor, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 96
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
91A54814
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-501
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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