Physics
Scientific paper
May 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17..873l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, May 1990, p. 873-876. Research supported by the Swedish Board for Space
Physics
103
Ion Emission, Ionic Waves, Mars Atmosphere, Mars Probes, Phobos, Planetary Ionospheres, Energy Spectra, Flow Velocity, Ionospheric Ion Density, Planetary Magnetotails, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Mars, Spacecraft Observations, Phobos 2 Mission, Aspera Instrument, Ions, Flow, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Plasma, Pickup, Mass Loading, Energy, Solar Wind, Acceleration, Oxygen, Diagrams, Escape, Composition, Comparisons, Boundaries, Timescale, Volatiles, Atmosphere
Scientific paper
This report reviews the first results on the ionospheric ion outflow in the Martian magnetosphere by the Automatic Space Plasma Experiment with a Rotating Analyzer ion composition experiment on Phobos-2. The measurements show that Mars is characterized by a strong loss of plasma from its topside ionosphere. A preliminary estimate of the ionospheric outflow from Mars indicates that the planet at present is losing oxygen at a rate of about 3 x 10 to the 25th ions/s. This corresponds to an evacuation of its present total atmospheric oxygen content in less than 100 million years.
Barabasj S. W.
Borg H.
Dubinin Edouard M.
Hultqvist Bengt
Koskinen Hannu
No associations
LandOfFree
ASPERA/Phobos measurements of the ion outflow from the Martian ionosphere does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with ASPERA/Phobos measurements of the ion outflow from the Martian ionosphere, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and ASPERA/Phobos measurements of the ion outflow from the Martian ionosphere will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-780909