Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
May 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985rpspr...3...33s&link_type=abstract
In its USSR Rept.: Space (JPRS-USP-85-004) p 33-34 (SEE N85-26772 16-12) Transl. into ENGLISH from Kosmich. Issled. (Moscow),
Statistics
Computation
Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetic Signatures, Mars (Planet), Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Geomagnetism, Magnetic Poles, Mars 3 Spacecraft, Mars 5 Spacecraft, Models
Scientific paper
A new quantitative analysis was made of the results of magnetic field measurements near Mars for determining its strength. The orientation of the magnetic moment and the configuration of the Martian magnetosphere are also discussed. The measurement data used were from Mars-3 and Mars-5 satellites. A very simple model was used in the computations. The field measured within the interaction region was represented in the form of the sum of the characteristic dipole field and the external uniform field. It was found that the axis of the Martian magnetic moment is situated near the planetary axis of rotation. Diple polarity is the same as for the Earth, but the north magnetic pole is situated in the Southern Hemisphere. The configuration of the magnetic field in the neighborhood of the planet reveals that the planet has a characteristic degenerate magnetosphere in which, due to the merging of the cusps, there is a characteristic region which, like a part in the hair, separates the magnetic field lines emanating from different poles. An induced magnetic barrier can exist over this characteristic region on the daytime side of the planet.
Izraylevich I. L.
Smirnov Valery N.
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