A cometary aurora

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Sep 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987em%26p...39...17m&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 39, Sept. 1987, p. 17-20.

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Auroras, Cometary Atmospheres, Giotto Mission, Halley'S Comet, Vega Project, Electron Flux Density, Plasma Waves, Solar Wind

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It is proposed that the cometary analog of a terrestrial aurora was responsible for the enhanced fluxes of suprathermal (keV) electrons and associated plasma waves observed in the cometosheath of comet Halley during its VEGA 2 encounter. The non-detection of such suprathermal electron fluxes during the GIOTTO encounter is ascribed to the much quieter solar wind conditions at that time.

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