Mars Express/ASPERA-3/NPI and IMAGE/LENA Observations Downstream of the Heliospheric Neutral Atom Flow

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Both in cruise phase and at Mars, the neutral particle instrument NPD on Mars Express observed "unexplained neutral beams" (e.g. Barabash, EOS Trans, AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Ab. SH43A-1092, F1509-1510) unrelated to Mars which appear to be either heliospheric or of solar wind origin. Independently, IMAGE/LENA has reported neutral atom observations that may be interpreted as a "secondary stream" having different characteristics and flowing from a higher ecliptic longitude than the nominal upstream direction (e.g. Collier et al., Adv. Space Res., 34, 166-171, 2004; Wurz et al., AIP Conf. Proceedings 719, 195-200, 2004). Both sets of observations do not appear to fit in easily with the neutral atom environment from 1.0-1.5 AU as it is currently understood. In this presentation we compare IMAGE/LENA data with Mars Express/ASPERA-3/NPI data taken during eclipse season to try to understand both data sets better.

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