Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
Simulations of Comet Giacobini-Zinner's interaction with solar wind are described and results are presented. The simulations are carried out via the numerical solution of the ideal MHD equations as an initial value problem in a uniform solar wind. The calculations are performed on a Cartesian mesh centered at the comet. Results reveal that the first significant modifications of the solar wind along the ISEE/ICE trajectory will occur 100,000 km from the solar wind comet axis.
Keywords:
ASTROPHYSICS
Type:
EOS (ISSN 0096-3941); 67; 17
Format:
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