Unusually distant bow shock encounters at Venus

Details Unusually distant bow shock encounters at Venus Unusually distant bow shock encounters at Venus

Apr 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992georl..19..833r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 19, no. 8, April 24, 1992, p. 833-836.

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Bow Waves, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Shock Waves, Solar Planetary Interactions, Venus (Planet), Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Mach Number, Plasma Density, Solar Wind Velocity

Scientific paper

The location of the Venus bow shock on two days (July 6, 1981 and August 4, 1971) when the IMF was strong and the Mach number low is examined. When the solar wind Mach number approaches unity the bow shock appears to be greatly detached from the obstacle. Thus inferences from observations of shocks near planets should be treated cautiously, especially if the Mach number is small or not well known. The case of the Phobos mission to Mars is examined as an example of such a situation.

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