Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1974
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974jgr....79.5143m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 79, Dec. 1, 1974, p. 5143-5153.
Physics
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Earth Magnetosphere, Earth Planetary Structure, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Field Configurations, Satellite Observation, Explorer 35 Satellite, Lines Of Force, Lunar Orbiter, Plasma Diagnostics
Scientific paper
The magnetic field line configuration in the geomagnetic tail near 60 earth radii is examined on the basis of nearly 3 years of magnetometer data from the lunar-orbiting Explorer 35 satellite. The magnetotail field line characteristics inside the plasma sheet and in the high-latitude tail, i.e., outside the plasma sheet, are separately examined. In the high-latitude tail the magnetic field lines systematically diverge in both longitudinal (east-west) and latitudinal (north-south) directions; the divergence angle between field lines near the dusk flank and those near the dawn flank is about 14 deg, but the divergence along the Z direction is only about 8 deg. The degree of divergence is found to be greater in the evening side than in the morning side and greater in the northern tail than in the southern tail. Inside the plasma sheet the field lines deviate by about 19 deg from the sun-earth line, and the spatial distribution of the field line deviation does not have any systematic tendency.
Anderson Katharine A.
Meng Ching I.
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