First ACE Observations of Venus pickup ions near Earth

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p33a1276g&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P33A-1276

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[0343] Atmospheric Composition And Structure / Planetary Atmospheres, [5421] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Interactions With Particles And Fields, [6295] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Venus

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As the solar wind interacts with the atmosphere and ionosphere of Venus, some ions are picked up and carried away from the planet. We show observations of pickup ions near Earth that originate at Venus. Using the SWICS instrument on the ACE spacecraft, we confirm and extend observations made by the SOHO/CELIAS/CTOF detector of high fluxes of pickup ions downstream of Venus, and search for other possible Venus pickup ions within the SWICS detection range. Ion fluxes are given as well as an estimate of the mass loss of Venus. These results add to our knowledge of the extent of planetary signatures in the solar wind and contribute toward future studies of pickup ions from the interior planets, as well as their transport in the heliosphere.

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