Model predictions and remote observations of the hydrogen density profile in the distant heliosphrere.
Abstract
Observations of the hydrogen Ly-α glow by the deep space UV photometers and spectrometers on board Pioneer 10 and Voyager 2 have been utilized to infer the presence of a nearby solar wind shock. The observational and theoretical basis for the current understanding of the heliospheric neutral density profile is presented.
- Publication:
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Physics of the Outer Heliosphere
- Pub Date:
- 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990phoh.coll...61J
- Keywords:
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- Density Distribution;
- Gas Density;
- Heliosphere;
- Hydrogen;
- Interstellar Gas;
- Lyman Alpha Radiation;
- Deep Space;
- Pioneer 10 Space Probe;
- Ultraviolet Photometry;
- Voyager 2 Spacecraft;
- Astrophysics;
- Heliosphere: Hydrogen;
- Heliosphere: Solar Wind;
- Solar Wind: Shock Waves