Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The configuration and morphology of the plasma clouds in the ionotail of Venus (revealed by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter) are studied, and the rate of planetary ion escape, which may be associated with the dissipation and removal of the ionospheric plasma, is estimated. The data supplied by the Orbiter's instruments, the Orbiter electron temperature probe, the ion mass spectrometer, the neutral mass spectrometer, the magnetometer, and the plasma analyzer, are analyzed, and the results of the observations are discussed.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 92; 15-26
Format:
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