The dependence of the Martian magnetopause and bow shock on solar wind Ram pressure according to PHOBOS 2 TAUS ion spectrometer measurements

Details The dependence of the Martian magnetopause and bow shock on solar wind Ram pressure according to PHOBOS 2 TAUS ion spectrometer measurements The dependence of the Martian magnetopause and bow shock on solar wind Ram pressure according to PHOBOS 2 TAUS ion spectrometer measurements

Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jgr....98.1303v&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 98, no. A2, p. 1303-1309.

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Magnetopause, Mars Atmosphere, Mass Spectrometers, Shock Waves, Solar Protons, Solar Wind, Circular Orbits, Geomagnetism, Planetary Magnetotails, Satellite Orbits, Mars, Magnetosphere, Magnetopause, Bowshock, Solar Wind, Interaction, Pressure, Spacecraft Observations, Phobos 2 Mission, Taus Instrument, Spectrometry, Position (Location), Spectra, Protons, Magnetotail, Thickness, Magnetic Field, Magma Instrument, Analysis

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Results of the first quantitative studies of the variability of the Martian magnetopause are presented. On the basis of measurements of the 3D solar wind proton spectra measured by the TAUS spectrometer on board Phobos 2 in its 56 circular orbits, the location of the Martian magnetopause is studied as a function of solar wind ram pressure and is compared with that of the Martian bow shock. In the power-law expression showing the dependence of the Martian magnetotail thickness D on the solar wind ram pressure: D is approximately equal to (pv-squared) exp -1/k, the power index (k) was about 5.9 +/- 0.5. From the close coincidence of this index with k = 6 for a dipole geomagnetic field, and the large aeromagnetotail thickness compared with the planetary diameter, it is suggested that an intrinsic dipole magnetic field is likely to be an important factor in the solar wind interaction with Mars.

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