The AMPTE artificial comet experiments

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Apr 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986natur.320..700v&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 320, April 24, 1986, p. 700-703.

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Ampte (Satellites), Barium Ion Clouds, Comets, Solar Wind, Comet Heads, Comet Tails, Cometary Magnetospheres, Plasma Interactions, Uk Satellites

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In July 1985 and in December 1984, barium clouds were injected into the solar wind from the AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) satellite. The clouds resembled those of natural comets in that a head and tail were clearly visible. Tail rays formed with speeds of a few tens of kilometers per second, and other structures separated at even higher speeds. The comet head, instead of moving slowly downstream, performed a lateral excursion of several hundred kilometers. This motion is attributed to a collective reaction or recoil of the head to the ion injection into the tail and the simultaneous extraction. The properties of the 'artificial comet' are described.

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