Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986esasp.250a..29r&link_type=abstract
In ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas p 29-34 (SEE N87-2
Physics
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Electron Distribution, Halley'S Comet, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Bow Waves, Cometary Atmospheres, Giotto Mission, Ions, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Waves, Shock Waves
Scientific paper
The Giotto RPA-COPERNIC plasma experiment identified several regions in which the solar wind interaction with the cometary plasma displayed characteristic features: (1) Beginning ≡4.6×106km from the comet there is an upstream region with sporadic connection to the comet, (2) An electron foreshock is present up to 2.5×105km away from the bow shock, (3) A bow shock is detected at 1.15×106km, (4) Between the bow shock and the cometopause the outer regions can be divided into 3 parts, (5) A cometopause is found at ≡1.35×105km and a density decrease is detected at ≡4.5×104km from the comet. The detailed plasma features associated with these regions are successively described.
Anderson Katharine A.
Carlson Carl W.
Cros Alain
Curtis Dave W.
Duston C.
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