Mass-loading asymmetry in upstream region near Mars

Details Mass-loading asymmetry in upstream region near Mars Mass-loading asymmetry in upstream region near Mars

Dec 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994georl..21.2769d&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 21, no. 24, p. 2769-2772

Physics

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Bow Waves, Electron Density (Concentration), Mars (Planet), Protons, Shock Waves, Solar Wind, Asymmetry, Coronas, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ions, Loads (Forces)

Scientific paper

The measurements carried out by the electric field probe onboard the PHOBOS-2 spacecraft reveal that the mass-loading taking place in the solar wind far upstream of the Martian bow shock is dependent upon the orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field. The asymmetry of mass-loading is caused by H(+) pickup ions originating from the extended cold hydrogen Martian exosphere and reflected from the bow shock. The distribution of pickup protons in the upstream region is analysed in a test particle approach, which seems to be confirmed by the Phobos data.

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