Physics
Scientific paper
May 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987georl..14..499b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 14, May 1987, p. 499-502.
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Halley'S Comet, Mass Transfer, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Venus (Planet), Cometary Magnetospheres, Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, Ion Density (Concentration), Magnetosheath, Planetary Ionospheres, Planetary Magnetospheres, Plasma Density, Venus Atmosphere, Comets, Halley, Solar Wind, Mass Loading, Magnetic Fields, Comparsions, Ions, Pressure, Ionosphere, Magnetosheath, Scaling, Boundaries, Density, Formation, Spacecraft Observations, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Calculations, Plasma, Diagrams, Veg
Scientific paper
Recent observations at comet Halley show that the region within which cometary ions become the dominant component lies outside of the magnetic field-free cavity. This behavior resembles that found at Venus under conditions where the incident solar wind dynamic pressure exceeds the ionospheric pressure. On these occasions the magnetosheath magnetic field is found well inside of the region where planetary ions are observed. Although scaling and the details of formation of the inner boundary of the magnetic field are different for these two objects, the processes by which the interplanetary magnetic field penetrates into the ionospheres at Venus and at comet Halley are in many ways analogous.
Breus Tamara K.
Krymskii Alexander M.
Luhmann Janet G.
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