Effect of possible passage through Halley's magnetic tail on geomagnetic activity

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Jan 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jgr....9211195r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, Oct. 1, 1987, p. 11195-11200.

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Comet Tails, Geomagnetic Tail, Halley'S Comet, Magnetic Disturbances, Magnetospheric Instability, Solar Wind, Computerized Simulation, Ground Stations, Magnetic Signatures, Magnetopause

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It is found that there occurred a geomagnetic storm on May 18/19, 1910 that cannot be dismissed as a recurrent storm. The period of storminess is close to the period of time at which the magnetic and plasma tail of Halley should have passed over the earth. The signature is worldwide and of the form and magnitude expected if the solar wind were shielded from the earth by the comet. Comparison with computer simulations applicable closer to the comet suggests that this interpretation is feasible. If this interpretation is correct, the 'lobes' of the Halley tail have deeper lows at 24 x 10 to the 6th km than in the present model at 7 x 10 to the 6th km downstream and are at least twice as wide.

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