Published May 1990
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Journal article
Venus mantle-Mars planetosphere: What are the similarities and differences?
- 1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
- 2. Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, HU (USA)
- 3. Space Research Institute, Moscow (USSR)
Description
The available data related to the mantle/planetosphere regions of both Mars and Venus are reviewed. It is shown that there are significant similarities in these regions at the two planets. These are: (1) a transition region between the magnetosheath and the ionosphere dominated by heavy, planetary ions; (2) a transition region in which the electron population is different from both the shocked solar wind and the photoelectron ones; (3) a magnetic signature near the transition boundary; and (4) the presence of low frequency electric waves within the transition region
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Journal Volume
- 17
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Geophys. Res. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 865-868
- ISSN
- 0094-8276
- CODEN
- GPRLA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22006555
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRON DENSITY; HEAVY IONS; INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARS PLANET; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES; PLASMA; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR WIND; SPACE VEHICLES; VENUS PLANET
- Descriptors DEC
- ATMOSPHERES; CHARGED PARTICLES; IONS; LAYERS; PLANETS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR WINDS