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The solar wind interaction with Venus (1979)

Russell, C. T. ; Slavin, J. A. ; Elphic, R. C.

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Publication Date: 2019-06-27

Description: The Pioneer Venus orbiter reveals that Venus has a well developed bow shock like the Earth's but on that is significantly weaker than the Earth's shock. The location of the bow shock is highly variable, more so than would have been expected for an obstacle of essentially fixed size. The altitude of the ionopause is also highly variable in response to changes in the solar wind. In the ionosphere, the field is often low. However, on some orbits, very large fields are seen as low as 150 km, and on most dayside orbits, thin magnetic structures of flux ropes are observed. At night, large fields are often observed which vary from orbit to orbit. Venus has a much smaller intrinsic magnetic moment than expected from scaling the terrestrial moment.

Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS

Type: ESA Magnetospheric Boundary Layers; p 231-239

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