Venus Express observations of solar wind magnetic field draping around Venus

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufm.p13b1309z&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P13B-1309

Physics

6025 Interactions With Solar Wind Plasma And Fields, 6295 Venus

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Although Venus has no intrinsic magnetic moment, the piled-up interplanetary magnetic field in dayside inner magnetosheath forms a magnetic barrier to the solar wind. This magnetic barrier, an induce magnetosphere on the dayside, acts as an obstacle to the solar wind in analog to the Earth's magnetosphere. On the nightside, a magnetotail is formed by the anchored, draped magnetic fields. Previous studies show that at low altitudes, the magnetic draping configuration on the dayside might become reverse draping on the night, forming a near toroidal magnetic field. In this study, we use Venus Express magnetometer measurements to map the magnetic field environment and examine the solar wind magnetic field draping around Venus.

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