Published May 23, 1985
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Journal article
On the trail of Earth's tail
Description
The paper concerns the observations, by the ISEE-3 spacecraft, of the earth's geomagnetic tail and its environs. The overall structure of the tail is described, as well as the properties of plasmas and fields both in the magnetic tail lobes and in the central current sheet that separates the lobes. (U.K.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nature (London)
- Journal Volume
- 315
- Journal Issue
- 6017
- Series
- Nature (London).
- Journal Page Range
- 281-282
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 16062588
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; PLASMA WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR WIND
- Descriptors DEC
- EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR WINDS