Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991sci...253.1528f&link_type=abstract
Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 253, Sept. 27, 1991, p. 1528-1531.
Physics
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Electron Plasma, Galileo Project, Magnetosheath, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Venus Atmosphere, Bow Waves, Electron Density (Concentration), Electron Distribution, Satellite Observation
Scientific paper
Plasma measurements were obtained with the Galileo spacecraft during an approximately 3.5-hour interval in the vicinity of Venus on February 10, 1990. Several crossings of the bow shock in the local dawn sector were recorded before the spacecraft passed into the solar wind upstream from this planet. Solar wind densities and bulk speeds were determined from the electron velocity distributions. A magnetic field-aligned distribution of hotter electrons or 'strahl' was also found in the solar wind. Ions streaming into the solar wind from the bow shock were detected. Electron heating at the bow shock, about 20 percent, was notably small, with substantial density increases by factors of 2 to 3 at the day side of the shock that decrease for shock crossings further downstream from the planet. A search for pickup ions from the hot hydrogen and oxygen planetary coronas yielded an upper limit for these densities in the range of 0.001 ion/cu cm, which is consistent with densities expected from current models of neutral gas densities.
Ackerson K. L.
Coroniti Ferdinan V.
Frank Louis A.
Paterson William R.
Vasyliūnas Vytenis M.
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