The magnetotail of Mars - PHOBOS observations

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May 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990georl..17..885e&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 17, May 1990, p. 885-888.

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Circular Orbits, Mars Probes, Phobos, Planetary Magnetotails, Earth-Mars Trajectories, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Plasma Layers, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Mars, Magnetotail, Spacecraft Observations, Phobos 2 Mission, Polarity, Comparisons, Diagrams, Flow, Interactions

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Magnetic measurements obtained by the Phobos spacecraft in circular orbit at 2.86 Mars radii show a 2-lobed magnetic tail. The peak solar-antisolar component of the magnetic field in these lobes is about 14 nT. The ratio of the cross-tail component of the tail field is over twice that in the solar wind, or about a factor of 4 larger than the ratio observed in the Venus tail at greater distances. Since the ratio is observed to decrease with increasing distance in the Venus tail, it is concluded that the Mars and Venus magnetotails are in fact similar.

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