First results of measurements of ions of Martian origin and the discovery of a plasma sheet in the Martian magnetosphere in the TAUS experiment on Phobos-2
Abstract
TAUS measurements showed that the Martian magnetosphere is considerably filled with fluxes of heavy ions originating from the planetary atmosphere. A plasma sheet was found in the magnetotail, which also consisted mainly of heavy ions. The flux of heavy ions leaving Mars through the tail is tentatively estimated to be (0.5-2) x 10 to the 25th per sec.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- April 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990PAZh...16..368R
- Keywords:
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- Ion Temperature;
- Mars Atmosphere;
- Planetary Magnetotails;
- Plasma Layers;
- Satellite Observation;
- Heavy Ions;
- Mass Spectrometers;
- Planetary Magnetospheres;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration