The plasma environment of Mars: Phobos mission results.
Abstract
The Phobos-2 spacecraft was operational in Martian orbit for almost two months (from 29 January to 27 March, 1989). The orbits and the on-board experiments allow measurement of magnetic fields, the characteristics of plasma waves, and the spatial and spectral distribution and ion composition of particles in the equatorial regions of the Martian plasma environment. This review summarized the first results of plasma investigations by the PHOBOS mission, published within one year after the completion of the mission.
- Publication:
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Geophysical Monograph Series
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1029/GM066p0327
- Bibcode:
- 1992GMS....66..327Z
- Keywords:
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- Mars Environment;
- Phobos;
- Planetary Magnetic Fields;
- Soviet Spacecraft;
- Space Plasmas;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Mars Atmosphere;
- Planetary Magnetotails;
- Plasma Sheaths;
- Plasma Waves;
- Solar Planetary Interactions