Location of the Martian bow shock measurements by the plasma wave system on Phobos 2
Abstract
During the early months of 1989, the Plasma Wave System, PWS, onboard the Soviet spacecraft Phobos-2 made plasma and electric-field spectrum measurements near the Martian bow shock. A total of 26 shock boundaries were unambiguously identified in the PWS data coming from the high-resolution mode. The location of these boundaries was modeled and the results compared with other studies. Despite the limited coverage of the Phobos-2 observations, the previous shock-surface models and ours show a relatively good agreement.
- Publication:
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Geophysical Research Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1029/91GL00025
- Bibcode:
- 1991GeoRL..18..365T
- Keywords:
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- Bow Waves;
- Charged Particles;
- Mars Atmosphere;
- Plasma Waves;
- Satellite Observation;
- Energy Spectra;
- Solar Wind;
- Soviet Spacecraft;
- Interplanetary Physics: Planetary bow shocks;
- Interplanetary Physics: Plasma waves and turbulence;
- Space Plasma Physics: Shock waves;
- Space Plasma Physics: Waves and instabilities