Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980sci...207..511h&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 207, Feb. 1, 1980, p. 511-513.
Physics
Nuclear Physics
European Space Agency, International Sun Earth Explorers, Magnetospheric Instability, Nasa Programs, Solar Physics, Energy Dissipation, Gravitational Effects, Nuclear Physics, Radio Communication, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Three satellites have been launched to study the magnetosphere under the International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE) program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). ISEE-1 and ISEE-2 study all regions and boundaries in the magnetosphere within 130,000 kilometers of the earth and have nearly identical orbits so that data records from similar instruments of the two satellites can be compared. ISEE-3 monitors the solar wind, circling a point between the earth and the sun where gravitational attraction of both is equal (1.5 million kilometers from the earth). One of the important results of the ISEE program is the confirmation of the 'reconnection' mechanism of the solar wind penetration of the magnetosphere. This phenomenon ties magnetospheric physics to solar physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics. Other results analyzed are the thickness of the bow shock, the electric energy dissipation and its role, and the effect of the solar wind penetrating the magnetosphere as related to radio communication.
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