ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Previous missions to Mars have shown (see, for example, ref. 1) that the interaction with the solar wind forms both a bow shock and a magnetopause. There is2 a smooth transition from the shocked solar-wind plasma to the hot plasma cushion above the ionosphere, which closely resembles the solar-wind ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/341609a0
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