Magnetic fields near Mars - First results

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Oct 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989natur.341..604r&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 341, Oct. 19, 1989, p. 604-607.

Physics

89

Magnetic Field Configurations, Magnetic Moments, Mars Probes, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Spacecraft Instruments, Bow Waves, Magnetometers, Phobos, Shock Waves, Solar Planetary Interactions, Soviet Spacecraft

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The magnetic fields of Mars have been measured from Phobos 2 with high temporal resolution in the tail and down to an 850-km altitude. During four successive highly elliptical orbits, the position of the bow shock as well as that of a transition layer, the 'planetopause', were identified. Subsequent circular orbits at 6000-km altitude provided the first high-resolution data in the planetary tail and indicate that the interplanetary magnetic field mainly controls the magnetic tail. Magnetic turbulence was also detected when the spacecraft crossed the orbit of Phobos, indicating the possible existence of a torus near the orbit of this moon.

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