Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978p%26ss...26...99p&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, vol. 26, Feb. 1978, p. 99-109.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Celestial Bodies, Lunar Environment, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Solar Simulation, Solar Wind, Astronomical Models, Earth Ionosphere, Elastic Waves, Field Strength, Lunar Gravitation, Plasma Density, Shock Waves, Spatial Distribution
Scientific paper
Laboratory experiments simulating the flow of solar wind around solar system objects are described. When a glass sphere was used as a model of the nonconducting moon, experimental values of plasma density and magnetic field strength spatial distributions agree with observational values, but the magnetic field in the model experiment does not increase in front of the rarefaction wave. It is suggested that, since a field increase was observed only in experiments with a conducting body, there is a high-conduction region on the moon. A wax ball was used to model phenomena on the dayside of nonmagnetic bodies, such as Venus and comets, that have a gaseous shell. The plasma flow associated with the wax ball is discussed, and the magnetic field frozen in the plasma flow is shown to be a determinative factor in the formation of a sharp ionospheric boundary.
Andriianov Iu. V.
Podgornyi I. M.
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