Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufm.p34b..07v&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #P34B-07
Physics
6025 Interactions With Solar Wind Plasma And Fields, 6033 Magnetospheres (2756), 6225 Mars
Scientific paper
Three spacecraft were equipped with ion spectrometers that were able to measure planetary ions loss induced by the solar wind interaction. Mars-5 in 1974 provided the data that suggested importance of this process for evolution of Martian atmosphere. Two plasma instruments on Phobos-2 in 1989 also measured significant outflow of planetary ions that strengthened the case of mass loss problem. However recent Mars- Express results put much lower limit (by about 2 orders of magnitude) to solar wind induced ion escape value. In this presentation comparison of mass loss estimations and measured planetary ion fluxes from different missions and experiments is given in and compared to some theoretical evaluations. Some differences between existing data can be accounted for variations in the solar activity level. Remaining discrepancies, however, are not clearly understood. Forthcoming plasma experiments on Phobos Soil mission can provide additional important data.
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