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Venus bowshock precursorSignificant ion and electron flux enhancements immediately upstream of the Venus bowshock have been observed by the Electron Temperature Probe on the Pioneer Venus Orbiter. It is shown that mass loading of the solar wind by oxygen ions (without the effect of MHD turbulence) accounts for only about 3.5 percent of the observed effect. Evidence is presented that turbulence may play a nonnegligible role in the ion pickup process in front of the Venus bowshock.
Document ID
19900030848
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1016/0273-1177(90)90160-2
Authors
Fontheim, Ernest G. (Michigan, University Ann Arbor, United States)
Brace, Larry H. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 10
Issue: 5 19
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
ISSN: 0273-1177
Accession Number
90A17903
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-844
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG2-518
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Public
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