Comet Halley-solar wind interaction from electron measurements aboard Giotto

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Electron Spectroscopy, Giotto Mission, Halley'S Comet, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Space Plasmas, Bow Waves, Electron Density (Concentration), Plasma Waves, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Shock Waves, Comets, Halley, Spacecraft Observations, Mission Description, Experiments, Solar Wind, Interaction, Electrons, Giotto, Rpa, Reme Plasma Analyser, Plasma, Ions, Diagrams, Eesa, Electron Electrostatic Analyser, Picca, Positive Ion Cluster Composition Analyser, Comparisons, Ice Mission, Giacobini-Zinner, Comae

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Measurements made by the three-dimensional electron spectrometer aboard the Giotto spacecraft describe the complex interaction between comet Halley and the solar wind. As Giotto approached the comet, it traversed several regions of differing plasma characteristics: a large (≡107km) upstream region, a foreshock, a bow wave with its apex at ≡4x105km, a transition region, a region permanently and strongly contaminated by cometary ions, a collisionopause at a sub-solar distance of ≡5 - 6x104km, and various inner regions up to the inner coma.

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