Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986georl..13..247f&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 13, March 1986, p. 247-250. DOE-sponsored research.
Physics
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Earth Atmosphere, Electron Plasma, Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Heat Flux, Transition Points, Cometary Magnetospheres, Magnetosheath, Plasma Oscillations, Comets, Giacobini-Zinner, Heat Flux, Spacecraft Observations, Ice Mission, Electrons, Plasma, Comparisons, Calculations, Plasma Electron Experiment, Boundaries, Production Rates, Magnetic Effects, Gases
Scientific paper
Electron heat flux observations and associated plasma phenomena upstream from comet Giacobini-Zinner show many similarities to observations upstream from the Earth's magnetosheath. Two similarities are discussed. Heat flux events are used to compute the transition region boundary location. The computed subsolar standoff distance of 4×104km is commensurate with a comet gas production rate, G, of 3×1028molecules/s, in accord with ground-based determinations of G.
Bame J. Jr. S.
Feldman William C.
Fuselier Stephen A.
Scarf Frederick L.
Smith Edward. J.
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