Published April 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

On the nature of magnetic flux ropes in the Venus ionosphere

  • 1. AN SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Zemnogo Magnetizma, Ionosfery i Rasprostraneniya Radiovoln
  • 2. AN SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Kosmicheskikh Issledovanij

Description

Magnetic force tubes can penetrate inside the Venus ionosphere from the solar wind as a result of flute instability development on the ionopaUse moving with an acceleration. The penetration of ionospheric ions through the lateral walls of a tube causes an axial current of electrons from the solar wind which makes the field lines to twist into the rope. Such a mechanism allows the Pioneer-Venera data to be explained

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
О природе магнитных жгутов в ионосфере Венеры

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pis'ma Astron. Zh.
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
4
Series
Pis'ma Astron. Zh.
Journal Page Range
253-256
ISSN
0320-0108

Optional Information

Notes
For English translation see the journal Soviet Astronomy Letters (USA).