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On magnetodynamic effects initiated by a high-speed impact of a large cosmic body upon the Earth's surfaceThe impact of a large cosmic body with typical size R approximately = 1 km (mass M approximately = 4-10 Gt for a stony or icy body) moving with velocity V approximately = 50-70 km/s (kinetic energy of the order of 10 exp 21 J or 10 exp 6 Mt of TMT) on the Earth's surface leads to a full vaporization of a body and of a significant part of substance of the upper layers of the Earth and even to the ionization of this vapor cloud. As a result, a hypersonic jet of air and erosion plasma is formed. The kinetic energy E sub J is far above the total energy of the geomagnetic field of the Earth (approximately equivalent to the energy of 100 Mt) and the total mass of a fast-moving part of the jet M sub j approximately = 10 exp 12 kg is far above the mass of atmosphere in the jet expansion cone. Thus, the jet will propagate practically inertially with the constant mean velocity U approximately = 10-20 km/s and even higher. The interaction of this plasma jet with the Earth's magnetic field causes magnetodynamic effects similar to those which are produced by cosmic nuclear explosions but of a larger scale. The preliminary results of experimental and numerical modeling of the plasma jet-magnetosphere interaction are presented.
Document ID
19940016174
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Nemchinov, I. V.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Alexandrov, P. E.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Artemiev, V. I.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Bergelson, V. I.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Rybakov, V. A.
(Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, Ussr)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 3: N-Z
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
94N20647
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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