Energetic properties of interplanetary plasma at the earth's orbit following the August 4, 1972 flare.
Abstract
Solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field data were obtained by the PROGNOZ 1 and PROGNOZ 2 satellites during the period following the August 4, 1972 (06∶21 UT) solar flare. A thermalized plasma was recorded one hour after the shock followed two hours later by the plasma `piston' with a bulk velocity higher than 1700 km s-1. The comparison between the PROGNOZ and PIONEER 9 solar wind data shows an attenuation of the plasma properties with the deflection from the flare's meridian.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- January 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00240459
- Bibcode:
- 1977SoPh...51..217D
- Keywords:
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- Interplanetary Magnetic Fields;
- Plasma Dynamics;
- Solar Activity Effects;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Wind;
- Meteorological Satellites;
- Pioneer 9 Space Probe;
- Plasma Density;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Solar Physics;
- Magnetic Field;
- Attenuation;
- Flare;
- Solar Wind;
- Field Data;
- Interplanetary Plasma:Solar Wind