The P/Giacobini-Zinner magnetotail

Details The P/Giacobini-Zinner magnetotail The P/Giacobini-Zinner magnetotail

Dec 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986esasp.250a..81s&link_type=abstract

In ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas p 81-87 (SEE N87-2

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Comet Tails, Cometary Magnetospheres, Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Magnetic Fields, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Cometary Atmospheres, Current Distribution, Electron Density (Concentration), International Sun Earth Explorer 3, Plasma Layers, Plasma Waves, Solar Wind

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On September 11, 1985 the International Cometary Explorer passed behind comet Giacobini-Zinner with a closest approach distance of 7800 km. In agreement with Alfvén's interplanetary magnetic field line draping model of cometary type I tails, a well defined 1×104km diameter magnetotail was observed downstream of the inner coma. This study used the ICE magnetic field, plasma electron, plasma wave, and energetic ion observations to investigate the structure and stability of the Giacobini-Zinner magnetic tail. Emphasis is placed on the identification of differences and similarities between cometary and planetary magnetotails. Finally, the ICE magnetotail observations are discussed in relation to the global solar wind interaction with P/Giacobini-Zinner.

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