Measurement of the solar wind velocity with cometary tail rays

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Apr 1991

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Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938), vol. 132, April 1991, p. 395-407.

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Brorsen-Metcalf Comet, Comet Tails, Cometary Magnetospheres, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Solar Wind Velocity, Velocity Measurement, Bow Waves, Radial Velocity, Shock Waves, Temporal Distribution

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Cometary tail rays are traces of the magnetic fields caught in the cometary magnetosphere. Time variations of these rays give us a way to measure the local solar wind velocity at the location of a comet. A simple method for determining the radial velocity of the solar wind by observing the ray folding motion, and show an example of its application to Comet P/Brorsen-Metcalf 1989o, which resulted in 340 + or - 35 km/s.

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