Viscous flow in the near-Venusian plasma wake

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Jul 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.2837p&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, July 1, 1977, p. 2837-2841.

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Near Wakes, Plasma Interactions, Solar Wind, Venus Atmosphere, Viscous Flow, Mixing Layers (Fluids), Planetary Ionospheres, Shock Waves, Turbulent Mixing, Venera Satellites

Scientific paper

Venera 9 and 10 plasma probe data support the idea that the shocked solar wind in the flank regions of the Venusian ionosheath interacts viscously with the local ionospheric plasma and that the resulting mixing region is rapidly forced into the planetary umbra. The measured velocities and flow directions suggest that the deflection of the mixing layer downstream of the terminator proceeds at a fast pace. By measuring the apparent displacement of the mixing region within the planetary umbra with respect to the position of the undeviated ionopause, it is possible to obtain an order-of-magnitude estimate of the equivalent kinematic viscosity coefficient of the flow in the region

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