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Jul 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9611199l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, July 1, 1991, p. 11,199-11,208.
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Mars (Planet), Planetary Magnetotails, Titan, Venus (Planet), Phobos, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Voyager 1 Spacecraft
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The similarities and differences in the induced magnetotails of Venus, Mars, and Titan are discussed based on data from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Phobos 2, and Voyager 1. In the cases of Venus and Mars, the tail lobe fields are smoothly joined to the draped magnetosheath fields at their outer boundaries, but separated in the center by a distinct and sometimes narrow current sheet. The tail of Mars that is wider, when scaled by planet radius, than that at Venus, a lobe field strength that is about the same as that at Venus, and a cross-tail field strength that exceeds that at Venus by about 1.5 times. The tail of Titan appears similar to the others except that there is no bow shock and little or no draped magnetosheath field signature. The lobe field strengths are about half those at Venus and Mars, while the cross-tail field is almost negligible. The near-Titan tail diameter is close to the body diameter, and the current sheets are seen where the field rotates to its external orientation.
Eroshenko Eugenia
Luhmann Janet G.
Russell Christopher T.
Schwingenschuh Konrad
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